WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.960 Well, good morning and a very warm welcome to you all to our service today. 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:09.960 ! Welcome if you're visiting with us, you may be wondering what on earth is going on 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:16.120 ! With everybody coming in wearing superhero capes. But it is today a family service following our 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.900 ! Holiday club that we've had running during this week. So it's great to see 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:25.359 so many of those who are at the holiday club here with us today. So it is a slightly different format 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:32.019 to our regular service today. We'll be breaking it up into different parts relating to the holiday 00:00:32.019 --> 00:00:36.799 club. So the first part will be like our normal children's address. We're going to have a singing 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.019 and then what we would normally have is a children's address. And then at that point, 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:47.159 any of the younger children who would normally go to the holiday twinnies can go out if they wish 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:52.340 at that point just to go through to the hall. The holiday twinnies is still going on. So if you're in 00:00:52.340 --> 00:00:55.980 the congregation, if you're just visiting and you have young ones, that holiday twinnies is for up 00:00:55.980 --> 00:01:02.280 to primary three and they can go through to the hall next door. And then we'll be looking at different 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:07.780 aspects of the holiday club this week and we're going into that in a bit more detail as we go on. 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:13.920 And then afterwards, everybody's very welcome to come through to the hall next door. The hall is still 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:19.439 set up as it was for the week of the holiday club, so it's worth your while going through to see it. 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:25.920 And we'll also have tea and coffee and snacks through there and we'll also hear the children 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.019 singing a couple of the songs that they were learning during the holiday club week. And there'll 00:01:30.019 --> 00:01:35.579 be a slideshow playing as well, just showing some pictures of all the different activities during 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:42.439 the week. So please do come through to the hall next door if you're able. And just want to say a 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:49.340 huge thanks to everybody who helped out this week, not just those who are present in the hall, 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:54.739 helping, but there was so much work done beforehand and during in the background as well, providing 00:01:54.739 --> 00:02:02.859 in so many different ways. We thank God for a great week together. Thank God for answered prayers in so 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:09.620 many ways. We thank God for his peace over us and his blessing with us. It was a great week. And so 00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:16.659 thank you to all who were involved in so many different ways, whether it was to the front in the club or 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:23.180 in the background. So many people brought in baking, helped with all the crafts, prayed for it. So we're 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:29.060 very thankful to everybody for all their help. The bulletin sheet you'll have picked up when you 00:02:29.060 --> 00:02:34.919 come in, just do read through that in your own time. There's a number of different things on there for 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:40.939 you, different information. So do read through that in your own time. But we're going to begin just now. 00:02:40.939 --> 00:02:47.060 Now the children, they'll have these little service books. So all the details of the service, the singings 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:51.819 we have, the readings we have, and some questions for the service that are in here. So you can work 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:57.659 your way through that. And also you'll have the psalm books. So we're going to sing in Psalm 91, 00:02:58.659 --> 00:03:06.620 the first four verses. If you're using the psalm book, it's on page 351. And it's the first psalm on the 00:03:06.620 --> 00:03:14.719 booklet. Psalm 91, verse 1 to 4. He that doth in the secret place of the Most High reside, 00:03:15.259 --> 00:03:22.960 under the shade of him that is the Almighty, shall abide. So we stand to sing these four verses to God's 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:23.400 praise. 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:50.400 Psalm 91, verse 1 to 5. He that doth in the secret place of the Most High reside, under the shade of him that is the 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:57.400 Almighty shall abide. 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:20.379 I, O the Lord, my God will say, He is my refuge still. He is my fortress and my 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:27.379 God, and in the cross, I will. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:29.379 Assuredly, he shall be saved, and give deliverance. From subtle flowers, near and from the noise of 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:31.379 pestilence. 00:04:31.379 --> 00:04:33.379 He is my fortress. 00:04:33.379 --> 00:04:33.379 00:04:33.379 --> 00:04:35.379 His feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, 00:04:35.379 --> 00:04:36.379 and the noise of pestilence. He is my fortress, and the cross, I will. 00:04:36.379 --> 00:04:39.379 His feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, and the 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:40.379 sea. 00:04:40.379 --> 00:04:43.379 He is my fortress, and the cross, I will. 00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:48.379 From subtle flowers, near and from the noise of pestilence. 00:04:48.379 --> 00:04:55.379 His feathers, near and from the noise of pestilence. 00:04:55.379 --> 00:04:55.379 00:04:55.379 --> 00:05:02.379 His feathers, his feathers, his feathers, his feathers, shall be high. 00:05:02.379 --> 00:05:05.379 His feathers, shall be high. 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:10.379 Thy trust, under his wings shall be. 00:05:10.379 --> 00:05:31.379 His faithfulness, shall be a shield, and above unto thee. 00:05:31.379 --> 00:05:42.379 I will join together in a word of prayer. Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. 00:05:42.379 --> 00:05:50.379 Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this, your day, a day that is so special for us, 00:05:50.379 --> 00:05:55.379 for it is a day that you have given for us to come and worship you in this way, to come 00:05:55.379 --> 00:06:03.579 and sing to you. Sing these words of praise that remind us of who you are, that we can find that 00:06:03.579 --> 00:06:11.060 shelter, that refuge in the shadow of your wings. Just as we have been thinking about these capes 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:16.740 that we have been making in this week that protect us, we thank you that it reminds us too of the way 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:23.959 that your wings protect us, that we find that shelter in the shadow of your wings. And we pray 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:30.859 for your protection and your peace over us at this time, that as we come in to hear, to hear about you, 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:37.379 to worship you, to sing praise to you, that you would give us your peace. And we thank you for the 00:06:37.379 --> 00:06:43.699 peace that you have given us in this past week, that we have enjoyed these days of holiday club, 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:51.579 that we have enjoyed learning so much about you, hearing about all the ways that you protect us, 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:57.539 that you keep us, that you help us. And we thank you for all the ways that we have enjoyed learning 00:06:57.539 --> 00:07:04.620 in crafts, in drama, in the talks, in games, and all that we've been doing. We thank you, Lord, that you 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:12.240 have truly been with us in it. And we do thank you for everyone's help in it as well. We thank you for 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:19.000 everyone who was involved. And we just pray that it would all be to your glory, that you would be with 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:25.400 us not just today, but that as we go from here today, that all the Bible verses we've learned, 00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:32.079 all the activities we've been involved in, that they would all remind us of how good a God you are, 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:38.420 and how precious a saviour you have given to us in your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:07:38.420 --> 00:07:45.120 And so we thank you, Lord, that together we come to praise your name. We thank you that we are part of 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:50.939 your people far and wide, that today, as we are gathered here, there are many like us, 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:56.319 throughout our islands, throughout the nation, and throughout the nations of the world, that we see 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:02.600 and hear of your name being praised. And we thank you, Lord, for all that you are doing for us, 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:09.680 that you are a God who is faithful, a God who is good, a God that helps in our every need. 00:08:10.260 --> 00:08:15.540 And we know these needs are many, Lord. We know them in our own midst, whether it's giving thanks 00:08:15.540 --> 00:08:20.780 for good things, or seeking your help and your comfort in the difficult things. We know that 00:08:20.780 --> 00:08:27.000 there are many going through times of sorrow, times of ill health. And in all these different things, 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:33.919 we thank you that we can look to you, and there find a new one who is near to help. So we ask your 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:41.100 blessing over us now, Lord, as we continue in this time. May you bless your word to us. May you bless 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:45.879 the young ones as they go out to the tweenies. Bless them there, and bless us afterwards in the hall 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:52.559 as well. May your grace and your peace be upon us, as we ask all with the forgiveness of our sins. In 00:08:52.559 --> 00:09:01.099 Jesus' name. Amen. Well, we've had a great week in the holiday club. It's been a busy week, 00:09:01.199 --> 00:09:06.879 learning so many different things from the Bible, hearing about so many young people in the Bible, 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:12.799 young heroes, as we were thinking about them, and seeing so many young people here today. It's great. 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:19.039 And I've been hearing reports of superheroes being spotted around town all week, different people 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:24.860 running around, dashing around. But we've been learning a lot from the Bible this week. And one 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:30.879 thing in particular we learned was our memory verse. Each day we were hunting for the words of the memory 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:37.659 verse, and then we were lining up in order of the memory verse. And now I want to ask the young people 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:43.439 here, do you think you could remember it for me? Yeah? Do you think you could say it? Yeah? You're feeling 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:53.060 ready to say it? Yeah? So if I say the first word, will you then carry on for me? So I'll say the first 00:09:53.060 --> 00:09:58.460 word, and then you carry on and tell everybody else in here today, tell them what the memory verse was. 00:09:58.620 --> 00:10:01.720 Speak it out. So the first word is trust. 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:31.700 Excellent. Well done. It's a long verse, and you would think they have it in front of them, but trust me, they don't. 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:40.960 They just learned that by Wednesday, they had it off by heart. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:49.980 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3, 5 and 6. And that was our memory verse. 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:59.600 And from there we were thinking then of different ways that verse works out in our lives. So we're thinking of different ways that we trust God. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:10.279 And then we're thinking of the armor of God as we see it in Ephesians chapter 6. We're looking at all the, well, some of the different parts of the armor. 00:11:11.820 --> 00:11:24.399 What do we need armor for? Why does anybody wear armor? Why do you think? To protect, isn't it? The armor is there to protect a person. 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:38.480 So very often you see a soldier wears armor. And when we're thinking of the armor in the Bible, we're thinking of soldiers in the days of the Bible who would wear lots of different parts of armor to protect themselves. 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:46.059 We maybe don't wear armor every day, but there's certain things we might do when we need to wear things to protect ourselves. 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:52.939 So say for example, you're playing football, or maybe you're playing shinty, or maybe you're playing rugby. 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:57.500 You need to wear things that will keep you safe. Things like maybe this. 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:06.459 So you want a pair of boots on your feet? Because you're not going to play football in your slippers or flip-flops, are you? 00:12:06.959 --> 00:12:12.459 You're not going to run around on a rugby pitch wearing slippers. If someone stands on your toes, it's going to be sore. 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:23.240 But you also, you might need these shin guards. So they protect you when people are trying to kick you. 00:12:24.040 --> 00:12:27.080 So they're there to stop you getting a sore leg. 00:12:28.800 --> 00:12:33.900 If you watch shinty players, they very often now wear helmets on their heads, don't they? 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:39.200 To protect them. Imagine they're swinging that camera around. You don't want to get hit in the head by that, do you? 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.160 It's very dangerous. So wear a good strong helmet. 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:50.820 Or if you're playing lochs at football, you might need one of these just to protect yourself. 00:12:50.900 --> 00:12:52.820 Because they're dangerous people over in lochs. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:13:00.780 So there's all kinds of things that we wear to protect ourselves, to keep us safe. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:02.520 And that's what the Bible is telling us. 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:06.240 Just like that, we need to wear things to protect us in life. 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:08.299 For God to help us. 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:09.440 So what are we thinking about? 00:13:10.680 --> 00:13:12.100 We made one of these. 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:13.180 Well, like this. 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:14.860 It's that. A belt. 00:13:15.980 --> 00:13:17.860 And what is a belt? The belt of? 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:20.320 Truth, wasn't it? 00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:22.519 So we had the belt of truth. 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:27.519 We also had these. 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:30.240 Lots of people running around wearing these. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:30.759 And wearing these. 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:34.500 So this is like what the soldier would wrap around himself. 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:38.379 It's called the breastplate in the Bible. 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:39.419 But this is the armor. 00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:40.840 What do we call the armor of? 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:42.360 Remember? 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:42.919 Justice. 00:13:45.019 --> 00:13:46.200 The armor of justice. 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.600 And we're going to be thinking about that. 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:52.460 We also had this. 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.399 Didn't we? 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.580 Soldier needs this. 00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:56.200 What is it? 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.019 The shield of? 00:13:58.700 --> 00:13:59.139 Faith. 00:13:59.240 --> 00:13:59.500 Isn't it? 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.820 The shield of faith. 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.100 There's lots of different parts. 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:04.860 And then there was this one. 00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:06.320 This I think was just my favorite. 00:14:11.560 --> 00:14:12.460 You see that? 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:18.240 That's the helmet of salvation. 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.740 It's a cracker, this one, isn't it? 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:22.100 It's got the big mane on the top as well. 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:25.820 So we need a good helmet to protect our heads. 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:28.320 So we had all these different things. 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:37.660 And they were reminding us of just, not just to wear armor in that sense, but the different ways in which God protects us. 00:14:37.780 --> 00:14:38.820 Through his truth. 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:40.420 Through salvation. 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:42.000 Through faith. 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:43.700 Through all of these things. 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:45.300 He protects us. 00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:50.780 And so this morning we're going to think about three young heroes in the Bible. 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:54.779 And link it in with the armor that we were looking at there. 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:58.059 So we're going to look at the cape, the armor that we wear. 00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:59.699 We're going to think of the shield. 00:15:00.199 --> 00:15:01.819 And we're going to think of the helmet. 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:04.939 So we're going to look at three young heroes in the Bible. 00:15:05.079 --> 00:15:07.740 And how these things were worn by them. 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.799 How they lived out their lives in these ways. 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:13.139 But before we do that, we're going to sing. 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:16.500 Again, we're going to sing in Psalm 28. 00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:20.659 It's the Sing Psalms version. 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.639 If you're using the Psalm books, it's on page 33. 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.879 Psalm 28. 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:29.840 We're going to sing verse 5 to verse 9. 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:31.899 And the tune is Old 100th. 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:38.439 And during this singing, the young ones can then make their way out to the holiday tweenies if they're going out. 00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:41.559 We're going to sing Psalm 28, verse 5 to 9. 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:50.819 Because the Lord's works they despise and treat his actions with disdain and justice, he will tear them down and never build them up again. 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:54.019 But we're reminded then that the Lord saves in verse 9. 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:56.500 Lord, save your people, your own flock. 00:15:56.619 --> 00:15:59.079 Be pleased, your heritage to bless. 00:15:59.199 --> 00:16:00.219 Be their good shepherd. 00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:03.559 Carry them forever in your faithfulness. 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.719 So we'll stand to sing these four verses to God's praise. 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:30.139 Because the Lord's works they despise and treat his actions with disdain. 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:50.139 In justice he will tear them down and never build them up again. 00:16:50.139 --> 00:17:00.419 Praise to the Lord for he has heard. 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:10.500 The plea for mercy which I made. 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:20.359 He is my strength, he is my shield. 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:31.200 I trust in him who sends me aid. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:41.480 My heart uplifted, he's for joy. 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:51.200 My thanks to him, my gladly say. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:18:01.200 The Lord's work is his people's strength. 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:12.200 A saving fortress for his King. 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:22.200 Lord, save your people, your own flock. 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:33.600 Be pleased, your heritage to bless. 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:38.599 Be their good shepherd. 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:54.959 Carry them forever in your faithfulness. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.960 Amen. 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:57.960 Amen. 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:57.960 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:57.960 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.960 Amen. 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:58.960 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.960 Amen. 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.960 Amen. 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:03.400 So we're going to read in the Bible together now. 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:06.279 We're going to have three different readings. 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.640 Our first is in the New Testament of the children. 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:11.279 You have it in the middle pages of the booklet. 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:13.819 The adults, you'll have to look it up in the Bible. 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.759 Our first reading is in John chapter 6. 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:21.559 And we're going to read from verse 5 to verse 12. 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:26.720 John 6 verse 5 to verse 12. 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:33.759 And here we're reading the account of when Jesus fed the 5,000. 00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:38.259 But our focus is on the little boy really who was in the midst of this, 00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:41.720 the one who brought the loaves and the fishes to Jesus. 00:19:42.659 --> 00:19:47.319 Lifting up his eyes then and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.960 Jesus said to Philip, 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:53.039 Philip, where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat? 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:58.960 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.700 Philip answered him, 00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:05.620 Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little. 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:11.259 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:15.400 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.500 but what are they for so many? 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.279 Jesus said, 00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.980 Have the people sit down. 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:25.019 Now there was much grass in the place, 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:28.400 so the men sat down, about 5,000 in number. 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.720 Jesus then took the loaves, 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.860 and when he had given thanks, 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:35.259 he distributed them to those who were seated. 00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:37.299 So also the fish, 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.819 as much as they wanted. 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:41.180 And when they had eaten their fill, 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.600 he told his disciples, 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.879 gather up the leftover fragments, 00:20:45.439 --> 00:20:47.759 that nothing may be lost, 00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:49.079 and so on. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:54.539 Every day we have choices to make. 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.899 Think of the past week. 00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:59.019 How many choices have you made? 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:01.720 You know, those who were coming to the holiday club. 00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:03.340 Maybe as the days were going on, 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:06.100 you were feeling more and more tired in the morning, 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.480 and you were asking yourself, 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:09.220 Will I go today, or won't I? 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.779 And of course you did, 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:13.140 because everybody wanted to come back. 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.640 Or maybe you were thinking, 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.700 What will I wear? 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:18.600 And we saw so many different outfits. 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.720 There was Spider-Man, 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.579 there was Batman, 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:24.319 and I think my favourite was the Hulk girl on Friday. 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.259 It was something to see. 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:30.259 There were so many different choices that we had to make, 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:33.879 just like we all have to make choices every day of life. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:37.980 And these are just maybe simpler choices to make. 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.720 They're not, there's not a right answer, 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:42.299 there's not a wrong answer in a lot of the choices we make. 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.619 They're just choices that we make, 00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:45.879 but sometimes we do have to make choices. 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:49.399 And we know that it is right to do one thing, 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:51.940 and maybe it's wrong to do another. 00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:55.000 So there are maybe harder choices that we have to make. 00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:59.800 Imagine you're walking along Cromwell Street in the town one day, 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:02.220 and someone's walking ahead of you, 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.380 and they dropped their wallet, 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:06.940 and they didn't notice that they dropped it, 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.100 and you're just coming after them, 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:09.160 and you pick it up, 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:13.300 and you realise there's loads of money in here. 00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:16.140 There must be at least 500 pounds. 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:19.160 It can only be Kenny Eyes, that much money. 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:22.460 You have a choice to make. 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.820 Do you keep it? 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.000 It's a lot of money. 00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.600 You could do so much with it. 00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:29.600 Or do you run after him and say, 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.660 you dropped this? 00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:34.040 Surely it's an easy choice to make. 00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:36.080 The right thing to do. 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.800 What is it? 00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:40.720 Well, it's to run after whoever's dropped the wallet 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.460 and give it back to them. 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.560 But sometimes it's hard, 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:46.100 because you would love to keep that money, 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.740 but it's hard, 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.779 but we have to do what is right. 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:52.179 And when we think of the armour of God, 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.619 when we think especially of, 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.659 we were looking at, 00:22:56.339 --> 00:23:01.439 too many props today. 00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:04.639 We were thinking of the cape. 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:07.879 We're thinking of the armour of justice. 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:11.240 This is what God tells us about in the Bible 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:13.940 to help us to do what is right. 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:17.540 Justice means doing what is right. 00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:20.720 And the first young hero we were looking at 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.580 in the Bible stories today 00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:24.440 is this young boy 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:27.220 who was in the midst of a big crowd. 00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:29.019 Jesus was here. 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:30.259 He was out with the disciples 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:32.819 and a large crowd came along. 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:35.539 And Jesus was always teaching 00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:38.140 to large crowds of people. 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:40.019 And it was coming to the end of the day. 00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:41.799 They were tired and they were hungry. 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:44.880 And Jesus asks his disciples, 00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.960 you go and feed them. 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.519 You give them food. 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.960 You give them bread. 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.880 But Philip says, 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:54.160 we've only got a small amount of money. 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.920 We don't have enough money to buy bread 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.279 for all of these people. 00:23:57.700 --> 00:24:00.400 How is it possibly going to happen? 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.340 Do they have faith? 00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:05.980 Do they trust Jesus? 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.460 That's a question for them. 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:10.500 And it's always a question for us as well. 00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:12.240 Do you trust Jesus? 00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:13.460 Do you have faith? 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:16.400 We know that there was 5,000 men, 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.140 it tells us, 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:19.220 but there was also women and children there. 00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:21.820 So we're talking about a large crowd, 00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:24.060 at least probably 10,000. 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.800 And how are they going to feed 00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:28.800 all of these people? 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:32.519 Well, there's a little boy in the crowd. 00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:34.240 We don't know his name, 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:37.180 but he had five loaves and he had two fish. 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.840 And he spoke to one of the disciples 00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:42.080 and told them that he had this. 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:46.400 Can you imagine being in such a big crowd? 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:50.380 You had a tour of the church here on Friday. 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:52.960 Martin took all the young ones around the church 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:55.019 to show you around and you came up here, didn't you? 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.279 Were you all up here? 00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.240 Hands up if you were here. 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.400 Yeah? 00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.539 Did you all come up here? 00:24:59.620 --> 00:24:59.740 Yeah? 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.559 And did you all come and speak into the microphone? 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:06.500 I heard a lot of people shouting different things 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.720 and speaking about different things 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.360 through the microphone. 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.299 Everybody was having a go. 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:11.100 Well, do you think you would do it today? 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.799 Yes? 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.259 Oh. 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:15.279 It's easy. 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.059 It is, really. 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.759 But there's probably, 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.980 I don't know how many people in here, 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:22.500 but I know this building will hold over 1,000 people 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.980 and you would think, 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.519 would you still do it when it's full up? 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.879 Probably. 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.599 Wouldn't you? 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:26.859 Yeah. 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.900 You're not like me. 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.339 You don't get nervous when you come up here 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.680 to speak in front of everybody. 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:35.759 But then here's a crowd of 10,000 people 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:38.660 and they're wondering where they're going to get food from. 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:41.160 It would be scary to be a young boy 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:43.120 sitting in a crowd of adults and thinking, 00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:44.940 well, I know I've got food. 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.180 And he'd be thinking, 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:48.560 do I just keep this to myself? 00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:51.019 Will I have it with my family later 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.140 so we can enjoy a meal? 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.180 Because there's no way that this is going to feed everybody. 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.240 Or do I say, 00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:59.200 well, I've got something I can share. 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.900 What was the right choice? 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:05.380 Hands up, you think it was to keep the food to themselves. 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.820 Nobody? 00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.340 Good. 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.920 Because that was not the right thing to do. 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.300 The right thing was to share, 00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:14.180 to bring that food to Jesus. 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:18.180 And we see that Jesus was able to do amazing things with that. 00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:21.080 He was able to feed this whole crowd 00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:24.560 so much so there was a lot of food even left over. 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:28.779 The right thing to do. 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.200 If Kenny I drops his wallet, 00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:32.740 the right thing to do is to give it back to him. 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:34.420 And I'm sure he'll give you a good tip. 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.759 The right thing. 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:39.079 We always have choices to make. 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:42.980 The right thing for the boy here was to share and to trust Jesus 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:45.660 and see what Jesus could do with it. 00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:49.539 And the right thing for us to do is to trust Jesus. 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.960 Trust in the Lord with all your hearts. 00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:54.240 That's what we are called to do. 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:58.140 And so that is what the first bit of armor does for us. 00:26:58.140 --> 00:27:01.000 It reminds us the justice of God, 00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:05.259 that we are to do what is right and not what is wrong. 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:08.240 So this little boy was a hero we saw in the Bible. 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:13.259 He knew what was right to do and he did it. 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:18.500 We're going to read for our second young hero in the Bible. 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:27.379 We're going to read in 1 Samuel 17 and verse 37 to verse 40. 00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:39.860 1 Samuel 17 and verse 37 to 40. 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:45.480 Here we read the story of, it's a long story in the Bible. 00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:49.140 It's much longer than the verses that we're reading in 1 Samuel 17. 00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:52.380 You can maybe read the rest of the story when you go home. 00:27:52.780 --> 00:27:54.340 But we're going to just read some verses. 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:59.059 And it's this account where David comes up against Goliath. 00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:02.459 And David said, 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:07.000 The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:09.240 will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.639 And Saul said to David, 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.639 Go, and the Lord be with you. 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:17.879 Then Saul clothed David with his armor. 00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:23.159 He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail. 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:26.720 And David strapped his sword over his armor. 00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:30.620 And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.540 Then David said to Saul, 00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:35.759 I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them. 00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.720 So David put them off. 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:44.019 Then he took a staff in his hand and he chose five smooth stone from the brook 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:46.380 and put them in the shepherd's pouch. 00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:51.500 His sling was in his hand and he approached Philistine. 00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:57.420 It's an amazing story here of David. 00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:01.200 I'm sure maybe many of you have heard of David. 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:04.240 A lot of the heroes, young heroes in the Bible, 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:06.359 a lot of people in the Bible, we don't know their names. 00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:08.619 But we know that they did amazing things. 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.960 But David is given, we know his name. 00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:14.240 And we know that he wrote many of the Psalms that we sing. 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:18.380 And that he was used by God in amazing ways. 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:21.980 And it all began as a young shepherd boy. 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.660 He wasn't a soldier. 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:27.859 He was a shepherd and he used to look after the sheep. 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:32.579 But when it speaks there about him being delivered from the paw of the lion 00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.079 and from the paw of the bear, 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:38.019 that's because looking after sheep, it was dangerous. 00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:44.980 And many of you go down the croft and see a bear chasing after you. 00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.199 It doesn't happen. 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.199 Or a lion. 00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.379 It doesn't happen. 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:50.279 But David looking after the sheep, 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.759 he was used to these wild animals coming. 00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:56.579 And he had a way of scaring them away. 00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:59.419 He used to fling stones at them with a sling. 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.519 And that's how he kept safe. 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:03.779 So he was used to dangerous situations. 00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:09.579 But this time, when the Israelite army are going up against the Philistines, 00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:11.619 the Philistines have this giant. 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.439 No one could beat Goliath. 00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.720 He was huge. 00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:20.960 They reckon he was at least over nine feet tall. 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:25.539 He had huge arms, massive legs. 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:28.679 And he carried a spear that most people couldn't even lift. 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.359 He was huge. 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:32.279 Just a little bit taller than me. 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:35.039 So he was a big guy. 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:38.119 And the Israelite army were terrified of him. 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:40.940 And they didn't know how to beat him. 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.639 And they were led by a man called Saul. 00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:47.619 And time and time again, they thought, 00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:49.420 well, how are we going to beat this? 00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:51.779 This giant nothing worked. 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:54.259 They couldn't do it. 00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.240 They'd met. 00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:57.399 They tried to plan. 00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.319 And it hadn't worked. 00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.920 What was missing? 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.460 What was missing? 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.859 Faith. 00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:07.019 They didn't trust God. 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.619 They only looked at what was impossible. 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.420 They didn't look to God. 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:16.720 And that reminds me of a man who was in charge of a car company. 00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:18.420 It's called General Motors. 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:22.779 If you have a Vauxhall car, that's part of General Motors. 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:28.339 And he was involved in researching different kinds of cars. 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:30.359 How to make cars better. 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:32.420 And all of these things. 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:35.299 And he was used to solving problems. 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:41.420 But every day when he was going to meet with a team to look at a certain problem, 00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.099 they would meet in a room. 00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:46.439 And outside the room, he said he would put a table. 00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:49.379 Because the engineers who worked with him, 00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:52.000 they would always carry what they called slide rules. 00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:54.179 A bit like a measuring tape. 00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:56.319 And he put up this sign, 00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:59.740 leave your measuring tape on the table before you come into the room. 00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:02.619 And then they would go into the room, 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:05.139 and he would start telling them about this problem. 00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:09.779 And he said, the reason I've told them to leave their measuring tape outside the room 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:12.179 is because if they had it with them, 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:15.279 and if I told them what the problem was, 00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:17.480 they would start getting the measuring tape out, 00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.640 and they would turn around and say, 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.600 Boss, you can't do it. 00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.860 It's impossible. 00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:25.779 They would think just by looking at the details that they have in front of them 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.200 and measuring it and thinking, 00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:28.539 No, it's impossible. 00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:30.200 It cannot be done. 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:33.940 Well, that's the kind of meeting Saul would have had with this army. 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.100 They're just measuring up Goliath. 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.920 He's huge. 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.240 He's massive. 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.140 He's strong. 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:42.680 There's no way that we can beat him. 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.440 You can't do it. 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:48.060 But David saw a way. 00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:50.220 David came. 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:54.320 He actually just came to give food to his brothers who were part of the army. 00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.240 And he started asking questions. 00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.900 He started saying, What's going on here? 00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:59.560 Why haven't you beaten him? 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:01.920 Surely somebody's able to go out against him. 00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:04.600 Surely somebody's able to go out and beat him. 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:07.299 And eventually he said, I'll go. 00:33:08.459 --> 00:33:11.079 Can you imagine going up against a giant? 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:15.299 Can you imagine being a wee boy or a wee girl and thinking, 00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:16.839 There's a giant over there. 00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.139 Nine foot tall. 00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:19.119 We've got to go and fight him. 00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.240 We've got to go and beat him. 00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.899 You think, No way. 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.939 It's impossible. 00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.919 It can't be done. 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.699 But not David. 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:29.039 David was probably a teenager at this point. 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:32.099 Maybe about 15 to 17 years old. 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.359 So he wasn't old. 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:35.659 He wasn't trained as a soldier. 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:40.700 But when it came to even trying the armor on, 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.839 They put on the armor of the soldier. 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:44.159 He just said, It's too heavy. 00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.059 It's too clumsy. 00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:47.839 I don't know how to use this. 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.039 And said he took that off. 00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.500 And he went. 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.119 And he got five stones. 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.379 And he took a sling. 00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:57.099 But he went with more than that. 00:33:57.099 --> 00:34:01.500 He went trusting in God. 00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:06.919 He didn't have a shield like this. 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.500 We call this a shield. 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.799 But we call it what? 00:34:10.839 --> 00:34:13.460 The shield of faith. 00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.159 Isn't it? 00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.380 The shield of faith. 00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:20.179 And this was David not taking up a shield that he would hold. 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:22.779 But taking up the shield of faith. 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.639 He had faith in God. 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:28.619 He knew that God could defeat this giant. 00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:32.379 God could help him defeat this giant. 00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:35.339 So that is what David did. 00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:42.859 And it's a reminder to us that whether we're young or whether we're old, 00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:46.599 that we too will face giants as well. 00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:48.900 We too will face problems. 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:55.099 And when we look at life, when we look at everything that's going on all around us, 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:00.900 when we look to God, when we hear his word, when we hear about Jesus, 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:08.420 we're like those men who would go into the meeting room with the man in charge at General Motors and say, 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.519 it can't be done. 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.720 I'm too young to believe. 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:14.720 I'm too young to have faith. 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.559 Or maybe even if you're older here today, you're saying the same. 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:19.740 I'm too old to believe. 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:23.099 I'm too bad to be saved. 00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:29.559 We can have this long list of doubts and fears and worries that come in and say all of these things. 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:31.579 It can't be done. 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:35.940 David could easily have looked at the giant and said, it's impossible. 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.159 But he didn't. 00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.400 He had a shield of faith. 00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.219 He had faith. 00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:44.360 And he went in the strength of God. 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:50.119 And that shield of faith, when we believe, when we put our trust in the Lord Jesus, 00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:53.860 all these doubts, all these fears that come our way, 00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:58.279 faith is what shields us from them and helps us to realize we can go on 00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:00.180 in the strength of the Lord. 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.160 One of my favorite verses in the Bible is from Philippians chapter 4. 00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:09.360 It used to hang on our wall at home when I was young. 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:13.240 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. 00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:17.240 As a great reminder to us, it's not just that we can do anything, 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:22.340 but that whether we are going through difficult times or good times, 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:26.180 Paul is saying, God is able to help me through it. 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:31.179 I can do all of these things through him who strengthens me. 00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:35.739 That's the way David went out to fight this giant Goliath. 00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:37.000 And who won? 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.839 Hands up if you thought Goliath won. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.859 I mean, he was nine foot tall. 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.839 He must have won. 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:43.559 Surely. 00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.259 David was just a young boy. 00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:46.919 So hands up if you think Goliath won. 00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:50.019 There's one or two maybe thinking about it. 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.559 What about who thinks David won? 00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:54.420 Oh, there you go. 00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:58.860 David won because he had faith in God 00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:03.099 and God helped him to overcome that giant. 00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:07.320 So David was another hero in the Bible that we looked at, 00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:11.039 one who trusted in the Lord with all his heart. 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.920 So our last hero that we're going to think about, 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.860 we're going to read again in the Bible in God's Word. 00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:20.820 2 Kings chapter 5. 00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:35.019 2 Kings chapter 5. 00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:37.840 We're going to read two parts of this, 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:42.420 verse 1 to 4 and then verse 13 to verse 15. 00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:49.200 So 2 Kings chapter 5, verse 1 to 4 is on the first page of the little booklet 00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:52.800 and then you go over the page for verse 13 to 15. 00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:57.559 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, 00:37:57.700 --> 00:38:04.360 was a great man with his master in high favor 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:08.019 because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. 00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:12.880 He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:19.099 Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel 00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:22.599 and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife. 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.759 She said to her mistress, 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:29.039 Would that my Lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria, 00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:31.579 he would cure him of his leprosy. 00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:35.179 So Naaman went in and told his Lord, 00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:39.759 Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel. 00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:43.039 Then we take up our reading in verse 13. 00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:45.900 But his servants came near and said to him, 00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:51.039 My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you. 00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.699 Will you not do it? 00:38:53.319 --> 00:38:55.920 Has he actually said to you, Wash and be clean? 00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:59.920 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan. 00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.599 According to the word of the man of God. 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:06.659 And his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child. 00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.180 And he was clean. 00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.599 Then he returned to the man of God. 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:12.700 He and all his company. 00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:15.059 And he came and stood before him and he said, 00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:21.059 Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel. 00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:25.920 So I accept now a present from your Savior. 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:30.240 Well again, it's a long story in the Bible. 00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:33.519 This one when Naaman, who was a man who had leprosy, 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:36.420 and this little girl who is the hero that we see here. 00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:38.360 Again, we don't know her name. 00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:41.920 But what we see is that she was brave. 00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.619 She was bold. 00:39:43.700 --> 00:39:44.380 She was courageous. 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:46.960 She stood up and she spoke. 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:55.079 So Naaman, as we read here, is a commander of armies. 00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:59.240 He was in charge of a lot, a lot of soldiers. 00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:01.500 He was a very powerful man. 00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:04.900 He had won many battles. 00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:10.800 He had done a lot for the one who was king at that time. 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:13.760 But he had a problem. 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:16.340 He had something wrong with him. 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:18.340 It was called leprosy. 00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:24.380 And this is a disease when your skin is all weird and funny and very dangerous. 00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:27.519 And it spreads very easily to others. 00:40:28.560 --> 00:40:32.080 And so, although he was a powerful man, he had this weakness. 00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:41.380 But the servant girl, she knew that God could heal him, that he could make him better. 00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:46.860 If only he would listen to this man of God, as he's called here, who was called Elisha. 00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.199 Elisha was a good man. 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:52.380 He used to tell people about the word of God. 00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:58.279 And he used to tell people, if you follow, if you trust God, then things will go better for you. 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:03.800 But Naaman didn't like to be told what to do. 00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:06.480 Who likes to be told what to do? 00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:10.740 Do you like being told to sit down and to be quiet and to do this? 00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:16.780 It's not very nice sometimes, but sometimes it's better for us to do as we're told. 00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:19.380 But Naaman didn't like to be told. 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:24.260 And he sort of had all this power and he thought he could manage everything by himself. 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:28.920 But eventually he came to realize that he couldn't. 00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:31.440 And why was that? 00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:38.800 Well, it's because this little girl, this little servant girl, was bold enough to speak. 00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:42.220 She was brave enough to speak. 00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:47.120 Have you ever heard of a man called Donald Trump? 00:41:48.220 --> 00:41:50.200 He's sometimes in the news. 00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:53.359 He has a lot of power. 00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:56.679 But can you imagine telling him what to do? 00:41:57.559 --> 00:42:00.679 He doesn't like to be told what to do. 00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:08.779 And so imagine that you are the little servant girl to the first lady of America, his wife. 00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:14.680 And you're seeing Donald doing lots of silly things. 00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:20.660 And you're thinking, he really needs to come and put his whole trust in God. 00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:24.440 Would you be brave enough to go and say to his wife, 00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:28.720 can we tell him to trust God and not to trust himself? 00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:33.640 What do you think Donald Trump's response would be 00:42:33.640 --> 00:42:36.640 to a little boy or a little girl coming to tell him what to do? 00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:40.059 I don't know if it would be very good. 00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:42.659 He likes to have his power. 00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:46.079 So nobody really likes to do what they're told. 00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:47.159 And this is like Naaman. 00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:51.059 Naaman in his day was powerful in this way. 00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:55.059 He had armies who listened to every word that he said. 00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:56.579 They did as they were told. 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:00.239 Why would he listen to this little girl? 00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:04.219 Well, because it was so important. 00:43:05.319 --> 00:43:08.819 His salvation depended on it. 00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:11.159 And that's why we're thinking 00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:17.959 of the helmet of salvation. 00:43:18.459 --> 00:43:22.099 This is a good, strong helmet. 00:43:22.599 --> 00:43:26.759 This is what soldiers would wear to protect themselves going into battle. 00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:28.940 It could save their lives. 00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:38.000 I mean, you could get banged on the head with a stick with that, 00:43:38.060 --> 00:43:38.760 and you'd be fine. 00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:42.300 I mean, if you're wearing something like this, 00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:46.580 your head might hurt for a few days afterwards, wouldn't it? 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:48.860 Because that's not going to keep you safe. 00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:50.020 It's no use. 00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:54.019 So we need that helmet to keep us safe. 00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:56.679 And that's what the Bible is talking about 00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:59.820 when it speaks about the helmet of salvation. 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:03.099 Salvation is such a precious thing. 00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:08.500 And this little girl knew that if Naaman would just listen to the man of God, 00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:10.280 that he could be saved, 00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:12.360 not just from his leprosy, 00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:15.679 but that he could be saved with God. 00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:20.099 Because that's what we see when Naaman's stories goes on here. 00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:23.159 When he eventually did as he was told, 00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:26.079 he went into the River Jordan and he was cleansed. 00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:28.319 That was just being obedient to God. 00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:31.440 We realize then what he says in verse 15. 00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:34.279 He returned to the man of God, to Elisha, 00:44:34.359 --> 00:44:36.659 and said, and he and all his company. 00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:38.179 And he came and stood before him, 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:38.639 and he said, 00:44:38.639 --> 00:45:01.139 And that's the amazing thing that we have in the Bible. 00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:04.440 Little boys, little girls, men and women, 00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:08.420 everybody just telling others about a Savior 00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:11.699 who is able to save us from our sin. 00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:16.679 We are being pointed all the time towards Jesus. 00:45:17.839 --> 00:45:20.079 Imagine being out in a little boat. 00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:21.639 Who likes going out in a boat fishing? 00:45:22.859 --> 00:45:24.819 Yeah, some people like going out in a boat fishing. 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:26.719 Imagine being out in the sea in a little boat, 00:45:26.779 --> 00:45:29.039 and the weather gets all stormy and wild, 00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.799 and the boat is in danger of sinking. 00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:32.379 Would you be scared? 00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:36.099 Yeah, it would probably be scary, wouldn't it? 00:45:36.879 --> 00:45:39.559 But what if a lifeboat comes along to save you? 00:45:40.319 --> 00:45:41.319 Would you say, 00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.819 No thanks, I'm fine. 00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:45.619 Sure, this boat isn't going to sink. 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:48.579 And your boat doesn't look safe anyway. 00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.299 That would be stupid. 00:45:50.379 --> 00:45:51.279 Wouldn't that be crazy? 00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:53.579 A lifeboat's come to save you. 00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:55.779 Why wouldn't you go on board that? 00:45:56.779 --> 00:45:58.079 Surely you would be glad. 00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:03.860 Well, the Bible is telling us that Jesus has come to save. 00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:07.880 And we should be glad that he has come to save. 00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:12.259 And that's what the helmet of salvation reminds us of, 00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:15.360 that we have salvation in Jesus. 00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:19.259 Naaman was saved by putting his trust in the Lord. 00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:25.640 And we can be saved by putting our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:46:26.040 --> 00:46:29.300 If we trust him, we can be saved. 00:46:30.060 --> 00:46:36.120 So we have the armor of God to remind us that he is there to help us every day. 00:46:36.600 --> 00:46:38.000 It says to us in Ephesians, 00:46:38.140 --> 00:46:40.580 Put on the whole armor of God. 00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:42.500 It's something we are to do regularly. 00:46:43.120 --> 00:46:45.640 We put on the armor of justice, 00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:48.020 that cloak that we put around ourselves. 00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:50.980 We take up the shield of faith. 00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:53.579 We put on the helmet of salvation. 00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:57.860 We have the belt of truth that holds everything together. 00:46:58.420 --> 00:47:01.119 And the sword of the Spirit, as we were looking at as well, 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:04.639 that reminds us that God's word is powerful, 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:07.039 that we are to listen to him. 00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:09.639 We are to trust in him. 00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:15.739 We are being pointed towards Jesus and trusting in him. 00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:17.799 So one more time. 00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:20.379 Will we say the memory verse together? 00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:22.619 Are you ready to say it? 00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:26.539 If we begin it, I'll say the first word, 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:28.319 and then you carry on. 00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:29.719 So, trust. 00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:34.279 In the Lord with all your heart, 00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:39.039 and you love him on your own understanding, 00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:41.659 in all your ways, 00:47:41.819 --> 00:47:43.339 acknowledge him, 00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:46.859 and he will make straight your hands, 00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:49.079 for it is free, 00:47:49.279 --> 00:47:50.679 rise and rise. 00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:51.859 Excellent. 00:47:52.419 --> 00:47:54.859 Well, don't just remember it for today. 00:47:54.860 --> 00:47:57.000 Tell others about it, 00:47:57.200 --> 00:47:59.900 and remember it yourselves every day. 00:48:00.140 --> 00:48:03.780 Trust in the Lord with all your heart. 00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:06.900 Well, let's just close with a word of prayer today. 00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:11.559 Father, we thank you for everything that you give to us. 00:48:11.640 --> 00:48:12.880 We thank you for your word, 00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:16.059 and how it reminds us of who we are to trust in. 00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:20.760 There are so many things that take away our attention in this world from you. 00:48:20.760 --> 00:48:23.420 And we just pray that we would have that focus, 00:48:23.640 --> 00:48:25.400 that remembrance of you, 00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:28.520 to trust in the Lord with all our hearts. 00:48:28.820 --> 00:48:30.320 So hear us and bless us, 00:48:30.340 --> 00:48:32.080 as we ask all in Jesus' name. 00:48:32.620 --> 00:48:32.980 Amen. 00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:39.040 We're going to conclude by singing to God's praise 00:48:39.040 --> 00:48:42.920 in Psalm 27, 00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:44.920 the Scottish Psalter version, 00:48:45.680 --> 00:48:48.000 page 236 of the psalm books, 00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:49.260 and if you're using that, 00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:52.920 Psalm 27, 00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:54.699 we'll sing these three stanzas. 00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:56.619 The tune is Argyle. 00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:58.539 One thing I of the Lord desired 00:48:58.539 --> 00:49:00.460 and will seek to obtain, 00:49:00.559 --> 00:49:02.199 that all days of my life 00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:04.539 I may within God's house remain, 00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:06.079 that I, the beauty of the Lord, 00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:07.659 behold me and admire, 00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:09.539 and that I in his holy place 00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:11.539 may reverently inquire. 00:49:11.780 --> 00:49:12.880 We stand to sing, 00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:14.500 and then we close with a benediction. 00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:14.599 Amen. 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:29.099 One thing I of the Lord desired 00:49:29.099 --> 00:49:36.880 and will seek to obtain, 00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:46.980 that all days of my life I may 00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:53.579 within God's house remain, 00:49:53.579 --> 00:50:06.019 that I, the beauty of the Lord, 00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:14.119 behold me and admire, 00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:24.559 and that I in his holy place 00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:32.619 may reverently inquire. 00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:43.719 For he in his pavilion shall 00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:52.059 be high in evil days, 00:50:52.059 --> 00:51:11.920 and on the door of me raise. 00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:14.659 So do come through next door if you're able. 00:51:14.659 --> 00:51:17.159 of the benediction I'll go to the door 00:51:17.159 --> 00:51:18.679 to my left here. 00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:21.799 Now may grace, mercy, and peace 00:51:21.799 --> 00:51:24.659 from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 00:51:24.659 --> 00:51:27.159 rest upon and abide with you all, 00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.779 now and forevermore. 00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:29.659 Amen. 00:51:29.659 --> 00:51:59.639 Thank you. 00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:29.639 Thank you.