David

 David

 

 

1 Samuel      17:20 – 24, 45 – 50

²⁰And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. ²¹For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. ²²And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. ²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. ²⁴And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

 

⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. ⁴⁶This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take your head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

 

 

Ephesians     4:7 – 13 

⁷ But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. ⁸ This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” ⁹ (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions^[k]? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians     6:13 – 17 

¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

·       This lesson is, in one way at least, a continuation of last week’s lesson on Joseph.

·       This week we are looking at David, both a great and poor example for us.

·       We will confine ourselves to the section of Scripture documenting David’s fight with Goliath.

·       The lesson starts off with David meeting and killing Goliath.

·       Modern critical analysts often say Goliath was not really that big. Why not, there are people within the present time that are just as big. They are few and far between but they do live.

·       One thing is for certain, he was big enough to frighten Saul and the Israelite army…and Saul was not a small person.

·       As we look at this story we see definite world views and preparation.

o   Goliath’s world view was that of the typical non-believer. He not only dismissed God but thought he was greater than God.

o   David’s world view was what should be that of the typical believer. God is truly God, is present and is able to deliver David from any trial or danger.

o   Goliath prepared by putting on his armor and sharpening his sword.

o   David prepared by putting on spiritual armor (Ephesians     6:13 – 17) and choosing 5 smooth stones from a brook (Ephesians 4:11 – 13)

·       The great difference is Goliath depended on himself and the power of his weapons.  David depended on God and God’s power to deliver.

·       A word about the stones.

o   I do not think it was just by chance David picked up 5 smooth stones from the brook.

o   Stones in a brook become smooth from the constant movement of the water and their constant wearing against other stones, the water, etc. This goes on for quite a while before the stones are to the point they can be used in a sling.

o   My thought has been that the 5 stones represent the 5 gifts of the ministry in Ephesians 5. The 5 gifts, like the 5 stones can be used to slay sin.

o   Notice that it does not say David chose any particular stone but rather just took one from the bag. Any of the gifts can be used to slay sin.

o   As the stone become round by their trials in the stream so our ministries become useful by the trials of life. We learn much more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  That is unfortunate. Our mistakes often come from not listening to or following the Holy Spirit.

o   We are like the stones. God can use us to slay sin that appears to be a giant.

·       59 – 65 mph; range = 200 – 300 yards  This is more than enough to kill a person, especially, as with Goliath, if it hits them in the head.

·       What are our personal goliaths?

·       Perhaps, as we looked at last week it is not forgiving.

·       Perhaps it is doubt.

·       Perhaps it is guilt.

·       Perhaps it is fear.

·       Perhaps it is an addiction

·       Perhaps it is something very, very personal that we never share.

·       In all cases God knows all about it and is ready to deliver us.

 

Questions:

What reasons does David have for his confidence to slay Goliath?

Do we have confidence we can slay Goliath?  Why or why not?David

 

 

1 Samuel      17:20 – 24, 45 – 50

²⁰And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. ²¹For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. ²²And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. ²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. ²⁴And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

 

⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. ⁴⁶This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take your head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

 

 

Ephesians     4:7 – 13 

⁷ But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. ⁸ This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” ⁹ (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions^[k]? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians     6:13 – 17 

¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

·       This lesson is, in one way at least, a continuation of last week’s lesson on Joseph.

·       This week we are looking at David, both a great and poor example for us.

·       We will confine ourselves to the section of Scripture documenting David’s fight with Goliath.

·       The lesson starts off with David meeting and killing Goliath.

·       Modern critical analysts often say Goliath was not really that big. Why not, there are people within the present time that are just as big. They are few and far between but they do live.

·       One thing is for certain, he was big enough to frighten Saul and the Israelite army…and Saul was not a small person.

·       As we look at this story we see definite world views and preparation.

o   Goliath’s world view was that of the typical non-believer. He not only dismissed God but thought he was greater than God.

o   David’s world view was what should be that of the typical believer. God is truly God, is present and is able to deliver David from any trial or danger.

o   Goliath prepared by putting on his armor and sharpening his sword.

o   David prepared by putting on spiritual armor (Ephesians     6:13 – 17) and choosing 5 smooth stones from a brook (Ephesians 4:11 – 13)

·       The great difference is Goliath depended on himself and the power of his weapons.  David depended on God and God’s power to deliver.

·       A word about the stones.

o   I do not think it was just by chance David picked up 5 smooth stones from the brook.

o   Stones in a brook become smooth from the constant movement of the water and their constant wearing against other stones, the water, etc. This goes on for quite a while before the stones are to the point they can be used in a sling.

o   My thought has been that the 5 stones represent the 5 gifts of the ministry in Ephesians 5. The 5 gifts, like the 5 stones can be used to slay sin.

o   Notice that it does not say David chose any particular stone but rather just took one from the bag. Any of the gifts can be used to slay sin.

o   As the stone become round by their trials in the stream so our ministries become useful by the trials of life. We learn much more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  That is unfortunate. Our mistakes often come from not listening to or following the Holy Spirit.

o   We are like the stones. God can use us to slay sin that appears to be a giant.

·       59 – 65 mph; range = 200 – 300 yards  This is more than enough to kill a person, especially, as with Goliath, if it hits them in the head.

·       What are our personal goliaths?

·       Perhaps, as we looked at last week it is not forgiving.

·       Perhaps it is doubt.

·       Perhaps it is guilt.

·       Perhaps it is fear.

·       Perhaps it is an addiction

·       Perhaps it is something very, very personal that we never share.

·       In all cases God knows all about it and is ready to deliver us.

 

Questions:

What reasons does David have for his confidence to slay Goliath?

Do we have confidence we can slay Goliath?  Why or why not?David

 

 

1 Samuel      17:20 – 24, 45 – 50

²⁰And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. ²¹For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. ²²And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. ²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. ²⁴And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

 

⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. ⁴⁶This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take your head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

 

 

Ephesians     4:7 – 13 

⁷ But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. ⁸ This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” ⁹ (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions^[k]? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians     6:13 – 17 

¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

·       This lesson is, in one way at least, a continuation of last week’s lesson on Joseph.

·       This week we are looking at David, both a great and poor example for us.

·       We will confine ourselves to the section of Scripture documenting David’s fight with Goliath.

·       The lesson starts off with David meeting and killing Goliath.

·       Modern critical analysts often say Goliath was not really that big. Why not, there are people within the present time that are just as big. They are few and far between but they do live.

·       One thing is for certain, he was big enough to frighten Saul and the Israelite army…and Saul was not a small person.

·       As we look at this story we see definite world views and preparation.

o   Goliath’s world view was that of the typical non-believer. He not only dismissed God but thought he was greater than God.

o   David’s world view was what should be that of the typical believer. God is truly God, is present and is able to deliver David from any trial or danger.

o   Goliath prepared by putting on his armor and sharpening his sword.

o   David prepared by putting on spiritual armor (Ephesians     6:13 – 17) and choosing 5 smooth stones from a brook (Ephesians 4:11 – 13)

·       The great difference is Goliath depended on himself and the power of his weapons.  David depended on God and God’s power to deliver.

·       A word about the stones.

o   I do not think it was just by chance David picked up 5 smooth stones from the brook.

o   Stones in a brook become smooth from the constant movement of the water and their constant wearing against other stones, the water, etc. This goes on for quite a while before the stones are to the point they can be used in a sling.

o   My thought has been that the 5 stones represent the 5 gifts of the ministry in Ephesians 5. The 5 gifts, like the 5 stones can be used to slay sin.

o   Notice that it does not say David chose any particular stone but rather just took one from the bag. Any of the gifts can be used to slay sin.

o   As the stone become round by their trials in the stream so our ministries become useful by the trials of life. We learn much more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  That is unfortunate. Our mistakes often come from not listening to or following the Holy Spirit.

o   We are like the stones. God can use us to slay sin that appears to be a giant.

·       59 – 65 mph; range = 200 – 300 yards  This is more than enough to kill a person, especially, as with Goliath, if it hits them in the head.

·       What are our personal goliaths?

·       Perhaps, as we looked at last week it is not forgiving.

·       Perhaps it is doubt.

·       Perhaps it is guilt.

·       Perhaps it is fear.

·       Perhaps it is an addiction

·       Perhaps it is something very, very personal that we never share.

·       In all cases God knows all about it and is ready to deliver us.

 

Questions:

What reasons does David have for his confidence to slay Goliath?

Do we have confidence we can slay Goliath?  Why or why not?David

 

 

1 Samuel      17:20 – 24, 45 – 50

²⁰And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. ²¹For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. ²²And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. ²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. ²⁴And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

 

⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. ⁴⁶This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take your head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

 

 

Ephesians     4:7 – 13 

⁷ But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. ⁸ This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” ⁹ (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions^[k]? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians     6:13 – 17 

¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

·       This lesson is, in one way at least, a continuation of last week’s lesson on Joseph.

·       This week we are looking at David, both a great and poor example for us.

·       We will confine ourselves to the section of Scripture documenting David’s fight with Goliath.

·       The lesson starts off with David meeting and killing Goliath.

·       Modern critical analysts often say Goliath was not really that big. Why not, there are people within the present time that are just as big. They are few and far between but they do live.

·       One thing is for certain, he was big enough to frighten Saul and the Israelite army…and Saul was not a small person.

·       As we look at this story we see definite world views and preparation.

o   Goliath’s world view was that of the typical non-believer. He not only dismissed God but thought he was greater than God.

o   David’s world view was what should be that of the typical believer. God is truly God, is present and is able to deliver David from any trial or danger.

o   Goliath prepared by putting on his armor and sharpening his sword.

o   David prepared by putting on spiritual armor (Ephesians     6:13 – 17) and choosing 5 smooth stones from a brook (Ephesians 4:11 – 13)

·       The great difference is Goliath depended on himself and the power of his weapons.  David depended on God and God’s power to deliver.

·       A word about the stones.

o   I do not think it was just by chance David picked up 5 smooth stones from the brook.

o   Stones in a brook become smooth from the constant movement of the water and their constant wearing against other stones, the water, etc. This goes on for quite a while before the stones are to the point they can be used in a sling.

o   My thought has been that the 5 stones represent the 5 gifts of the ministry in Ephesians 5. The 5 gifts, like the 5 stones can be used to slay sin.

o   Notice that it does not say David chose any particular stone but rather just took one from the bag. Any of the gifts can be used to slay sin.

o   As the stone become round by their trials in the stream so our ministries become useful by the trials of life. We learn much more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  That is unfortunate. Our mistakes often come from not listening to or following the Holy Spirit.

o   We are like the stones. God can use us to slay sin that appears to be a giant.

·       59 – 65 mph; range = 200 – 300 yards  This is more than enough to kill a person, especially, as with Goliath, if it hits them in the head.

·       What are our personal goliaths?

·       Perhaps, as we looked at last week it is not forgiving.

·       Perhaps it is doubt.

·       Perhaps it is guilt.

·       Perhaps it is fear.

·       Perhaps it is an addiction

·       Perhaps it is something very, very personal that we never share.

·       In all cases God knows all about it and is ready to deliver us.

 

Questions:

What reasons does David have for his confidence to slay Goliath?

Do we have confidence we can slay Goliath?  Why or why not?David

 

 

1 Samuel      17:20 – 24, 45 – 50

²⁰And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. ²¹For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. ²²And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. ²³And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. ²⁴And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

 

⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. ⁴⁶This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take your head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

 

 

Ephesians     4:7 – 13 

⁷ But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. ⁸ This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” ⁹ (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions^[k]? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians     6:13 – 17 

¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

·       This lesson is, in one way at least, a continuation of last week’s lesson on Joseph.

·       This week we are looking at David, both a great and poor example for us.

·       We will confine ourselves to the section of Scripture documenting David’s fight with Goliath.

·       The lesson starts off with David meeting and killing Goliath.

·       Modern critical analysts often say Goliath was not really that big. Why not, there are people within the present time that are just as big. They are few and far between but they do live.

·       One thing is for certain, he was big enough to frighten Saul and the Israelite army…and Saul was not a small person.

·       As we look at this story we see definite world views and preparation.

o   Goliath’s world view was that of the typical non-believer. He not only dismissed God but thought he was greater than God.

o   David’s world view was what should be that of the typical believer. God is truly God, is present and is able to deliver David from any trial or danger.

o   Goliath prepared by putting on his armor and sharpening his sword.

o   David prepared by putting on spiritual armor (Ephesians     6:13 – 17) and choosing 5 smooth stones from a brook (Ephesians 4:11 – 13)

·       The great difference is Goliath depended on himself and the power of his weapons.  David depended on God and God’s power to deliver.

·       A word about the stones.

o   I do not think it was just by chance David picked up 5 smooth stones from the brook.

o   Stones in a brook become smooth from the constant movement of the water and their constant wearing against other stones, the water, etc. This goes on for quite a while before the stones are to the point they can be used in a sling.

o   My thought has been that the 5 stones represent the 5 gifts of the ministry in Ephesians 5. The 5 gifts, like the 5 stones can be used to slay sin.

o   Notice that it does not say David chose any particular stone but rather just took one from the bag. Any of the gifts can be used to slay sin.

o   As the stone become round by their trials in the stream so our ministries become useful by the trials of life. We learn much more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.  That is unfortunate. Our mistakes often come from not listening to or following the Holy Spirit.

o   We are like the stones. God can use us to slay sin that appears to be a giant.

·       59 – 65 mph; range = 200 – 300 yards  This is more than enough to kill a person, especially, as with Goliath, if it hits them in the head.

·       What are our personal goliaths?

·       Perhaps, as we looked at last week it is not forgiving.

·       Perhaps it is doubt.

·       Perhaps it is guilt.

·       Perhaps it is fear.

·       Perhaps it is an addiction

·       Perhaps it is something very, very personal that we never share.

·       In all cases God knows all about it and is ready to deliver us.

 

Questions:

What reasons does David have for his confidence to slay Goliath?

Do we have confidence we can slay Goliath?  Why or why not?