Gigantic Deliverance

TURN to 2 SAM. CH. 21.... PICKING UP in V15

OPEN in PRAYER

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INTRO:

I WOULD CONTEND THAT VERY OFTEN IN LIFE WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS THAT RUN IN PROPORTIONS.

SOMETHING COSTS A LOT?? HIGHER EXPECTATIONS

EXPERIENCE @ OUTBACK GRILL...

NICE, BUT NOT WORTH the $$$

COST DROVE EXPECTATIONS UP...

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1. GOING on a TRIP...

CAMPING = EXPECTATION: GOOD TIME

CRUISE = EXPECTATION: GREAT TIME

2. GOING to an ATTRACTION//ROLLERCOASTER

LARGER WAIT = LARGER EXPECTATION

**YOU DON’T WAIT for HOURS for the KIDDIE COASTER...

FREQUENTLY OUR EXPECTATIONS COME PROPORTIONAL to the COST...

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.....CONNECTING to RELATIONSHIP W/ GOD....

CONSIDER the HIGH PRICE HE PAID for US....

I DON’T THINK IT’S UNREASONABLE FOR HIM to HAVE PROPORTIONAL EXPECTATIONS

NEED: TEXT WILL SHOW US RESPONSE of GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS to GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE...

(T) I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS WE DIVE INTO THIS WEEK’S TEXT.

BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN,

I WANT TO OFFER A SHORT RECAP FOR THOSE WHO WEREN’T HERE LAST WEEK.

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RECAP: “KEEPING COVENANT”

2 SAM CH 21-24 = CONCLUDING SUMMARY of LIFE & REIGN of DAVID...

PICTURE of KINGDOM-LIFE UNDER the COVENANT-KING...

NOT NECESSARILY in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

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Last Week:

DAVID’S COMMITMENT to COVENANT

FAMINE in the LAND...

RESULTING from SAUL BREAKING COVENANT YEARS BEFORE

GIBEONITES KILLED

THEY ASK for 7 DESCENDANTS of SAUL

DAVID SPARES MEPHIBOSHETH,,, AGAIN!

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SAUL BREAKS COVENANT.

DAVID KEEPS COVENANT.

COVENANT = BIG DEAL to GOD...

WE OUGHT to BE FAITHFUL to OUR PROMISES/OATHS/COVENANTS in THIS LIFE...

(T) AND SO, NOW, WE’RE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER SUMMARY EPISODE FROM THE LIFE OF DAVID,

LOOK W/ ME @ 2 SAM 21… V. 15...

THE TEXT SAYS,,

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TEXT:

SETTING (V15)

2 Samuel 21:15–22 (ESV)

15 There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary.

PHILISTINES = ENEMIES to WEST... BACK AGAIN...

DAVID GETS WEARY

OLD AGE??

BATTLE SPECIFICALLY??

(T) BUT REGARDLESS, THERE’S A PROBLEM FOR DAVID,

SO WILL HE MAKE IT THROUGH?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 16..., THE TEXT SAYS,

RISING ACTION (V16-17)

16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David.

17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

GIANTS BEFORE… GIANTS AGAIN.....

ISHBI-BENOB....

GIANT

SERIOUS WEAPONRY

SPEARHEAD WEIGHS in EXCESS of 7 LBS!

DAVID = WEARY

GIANT = READY to EXECUTE DAVID

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ABISHAI (NEPHEW) COMES to RESCUE...

DAVID’S LIFE = SPARED ONCE AGAIN

TIME WHEN ABISHAI HAD the GO-AHEAD to KILL...

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Their Conclusion:

DAVID STAY HOME.

DAVID’S DEATH = EXTINGUISHING ISRAEL’S LAMP

IN DARK WITHOUT LEADERSHIP...

IT’S TOO RISKY

(T) SO, THERE’S ONE GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE SO FAR,

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 18,

THE TEXT SAYS,

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CLIMAX?? MORE TENSION?? (V18-22)

18 After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giants.

19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

20 And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

21 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down.

22 These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

AGAIN:

SETTING is WAR

PHILISTINES GOT SOME BIG GUYS,, GIANTS DESCENDED FROM the RAPHA

GOLIATH FROM DAVID’S EARLY YEARS = GONE

NOW ISHBI-BENOB = ALREADY GONE

THREE MORE ADDED:

SAPH

WHAT is APPARENTLY GOLIATH’S BROTHER (PER 1 CHRONICLES)

UNNAMED GUY W/ 24 DIGITS!

TAUNTED ISRAEL (BY IMPLICATION GOD)

&& FELL.

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4 GIANTS in TOTAL BIT the DUST @ FEET of DAVID’S MEN.

NO GIANT WAS TOO BIG.

NO WEAPONRY TOO MUCH

NO # of FINGERS or TOES

ETC.

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GIANT SLAYING = VERY SIGNIFICANT

LOOK BACK @ BOOK of NUMBERS… (CH. 13)

ON BORDER of PROMISED LAND

SENT 12 SPIES into CANAAN

LAND that GOD WAS GIVING to THEM....

40 DAYS in LAND SPYING IT OUT

CAME BACK W/ REPORT

ALL AGREED the LAND = GREAT

GRAPES SO BIG YOU CARRIED them on A POLE BETWEEN TWO MEN!!

BUT THERE’S NOT ONLY GIANT GRAPES…THERE is GIANT PEOPLE THERE!!

10 SPIES REPORTED: LAND = GOOD…PEOPLE = TOO GREAT

2 SPIES (JOSHUA & CALEB) REPORTED THEY COULD TAKE THEM.

PEOPLE of ISRAEL BELIEVE the BAD REPORT

SAW THE GREATNESS of THEIR PROBLEM…

RATHER THAN the GREATNESS of THEIR GOD...

WANDER 40 YEARS in WILDERNESS TILL THAT GENERATION DIES...

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WHY BRING THIS UP??

NOTICE that NOW GOD is STILL FULFILLING HIS PROMISE

THIS LAND BELONGS to ISRAEL,, DESCENDANTS of ABRAHAM…

GOD GAVE IT TO THEM.

THE WILDERNESS GENERATION SAW GIGANTIC PROBLEMS.

BUT DAVID’S GENERATION SAW GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE.

(T) AND HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE?

LOOK W/ ME NOW AT CH. 22, VS. 1

THE TEXT SAYS,

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RESOLUTION: DAVID’S SONG (22:1-51)

CHAPTER 22: V1-4

2 Samuel 22 (ESV)

1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

2 He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.

4 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.

DAVID RESPONDS to GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE W/ GIGANTIC PRAISE.

COUNTLESS TIMES HIS LIFE WAS UNDER THREAT

LIONS & BEARS

GOLIATH

SAUL

PHILISTINES

AMMONITES

SYRIANS

MYRIAD of OTHER ENEMIES...

THE LORD HE’S MY ROCK!

HE’S MY SOURCE of SALVATION...

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NATURALLY it MIGHT HAVE BEEN DAVID’S SWORD...

OR ABISHAI’S...

BUT GOD GETS ALL the CREDIT.

HE is the DELIVERER!!

(T) AND HE CONTINUES IN VERSE FIVE, AND WRITES,

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V5-7

5 “For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me;

6 the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

7 “In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

CHURCH, DO YOU SEE THAT THE NEARNESS OF DEATH WASN’T JUST THEORY FOR DAVID?

NOT PHILOSOPHY...

NOT SOMETHING HE READ in a BOOK

NOT SOMETHING HE SAW SOMEONE ELSE GO THROUGH....

PRESENT EXPERIENCE...

SOMETHING DAVID TASTED

HIS LIFE FLASHED BEFORE HIS EYES COUNTLESS TIMES SURELY...

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DESCRIBES:

WAVES of DEATH ENCOMPASSED HIM...

CORDS of the GRAVE PULLING HIM DOWN...

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IN DAVID’S DESPERATION HE CRIED OUT to GOD...

GOD HEARS WHEN WE CALL!

HE’S NOT JUST the SOVEREIGN, CREATOR GOD…

BUT ALSO the INTIMATE COVENANT GOD....

GOD DIDN’T TAKE HIS HANDS OFF the WHEEL AFTER FINISHING CREATION.

(T) AND DAVID MOVES ON TO DESCRIBING GOD’S RESPONSE IN INCREDIBLE POETIC TERMS,

LOOK W/ ME NOW AT VS 8, HE WRITES,

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V8-16

8 “Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

10 He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

11 He rode on a cherub and flew; he was seen on the wings of the wind.

12 He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

13 Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.

14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

16 Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

DAVID in BEAUTIFUL POETRY PICTURES GOD’S RESPONSE

DAVID SHOWS US:

GOD ISN’T JUST a GOD WHO HEARS…

BUT a GOD WHO ACTS!!

HE DOESN’T JUST SIT on HIS THRONE & HEAR

BUT HE GETS UP & GOES to WORK!

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HOW MANY PARENTS DON’T LIKE GETTING OFF the COUCH WHEN YOUR KIDS COME WITH a NEED?T

THE HEAVENLY FATHER is PICTURED as ONE WHO is ACTIVE. A PRESENT HELP....

HE is A GOD WHO HEARS

WHO ACTS

WHO HELPS

(T) AND DAVID CONTINUES TO DESCRIBE GOD’S MIGHTY DEEDS,

HE WRITES IN VS 17,

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V17-20

17 “He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.

18 He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.

20 He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

DAVID CONTINUES RECOUNTING GOD’S MIGHTY DELIVERANCE

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION: VS. 18....

***DAVID POINTS OUT HIS ENEMIES WERE TOO MIGHTY for ME

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MANY BELIEVERS W/ GOOD INTENTIONS SAY:

“GOD WILL NEVER GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE.”

PROBABLY MISQUOTING 1 COR. 10:13....

ANYONE WHO FEELS THAT WAY HASN’T BEEN AROUND TOO LONG

I REGULARLY FEEL I’M GIVEN MORE THAN I CAN HANDLE...

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BUT the CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T LIVED ALONE....

I’VE NEVER BEEN GIVEN MORE THAN I CAN HANDLE....WITH GOD’S GRACE AT WORK in MY WEAKNESS..

JARS of CLAY

SO the STATEMENT = PARTIALLY TRUE…BUT ONLY W/ GOD’S HELP.

DAVID’S ENEMIES WERE TOO MIGHTY FOR HIM

BUT NOT TOO MIGHTY FOR HIS GOD!

MAJOR DIFFERENCE…FOR OUR SOURCE of STRENGTH CANNOT JUST COME INTERNALLY...

2 Corinthians 1:8–9 (ESV)

8b For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.

9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.

(T) AND DAVID MOVES FROM GOD’S ACTIONS NOW TO GOD’S REASONS,

IN VS 21... HE WRITES,

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V21-31

21 “The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.

23 For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

24 I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

25 And the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

26 “With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

27 with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

28 You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

29 For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.

30 For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

31 This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

FIRST GLANCE,, PASSAGE = CONCERNING....

WE’VE READ 2 SAMUEL…WE KNOW DAVID ISN’T ALL THAT RIGHTEOUS.

WE HEAR “MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART” ....& THINK “YEAH, RIGHT!!”

BELIEVERS,, WE BELIEVE in SINFUL STATE/DEPRAVITY of MANKIND…

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DAVID’S SOURCE of RIGHTEOUSNESS = DEVOTED RELATIONSHIP to YAHWEH....

WHAT DAVID DIDN’T DO:

DAVID DIDN’T WORSHIP ANY FALSE IDOL GODS...

NO BAAL

NO ASHERAH POLES

NO SACRIFICING CHILDREN to MOLECH...

CANAANITE DEITIES THAT LED MANY ISRAELITES & KINGS ASTRAY DIDN’T TEMPT DAVID...

DAVID MIGHT HAVE BEEN a SINNER

BUT DAVID HAD NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM...

(V22) HE HASN’T DEPARTED FROM HIS GOD!

DAVID WASN’T PERFECT…BUT HE ONLY HAD ONE GOD in HIS HEART....

DALE DAVIS: “DAVID DOES NOT CLAIM PERFECTION IN LIFE’S PARTICULARS BUT WHOLEHEARTEDNESS IN LIFE’S COMMITMENT.”[1]

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YAHWEH COMES to the RESCUE of HIS PEOPLE

THOSE in COVENANTAL RELATIONSHIP W/ HIM...

THAT’S US HERE THIS MORNING,,

IN COVENANT W/ GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!!

GOD WILL COME to OUR AID,, BECAUSE WE’RE HIS PEOPLE!

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WITH GOD’S HELP,, DAVID WAS NEVER at a DISADVANTAGE...

HE is HIS SHIELD

(T) AND HE CONTINUES, ABOUNDING IN PRAISE,

AND WRITES IN VS 32,

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V32-46

32 “For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

33 This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.

34 He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.

35 He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your gentleness made me great.

37 You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;

38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and did not turn back until they were consumed.

39 I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.

40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

41 You made my enemies turn their backs to me, those who hated me, and I destroyed them.

42 They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.

44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

45 Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

46 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

DAVID CONTINUES to RECOUNT GOD’S WORK FOR HIM,,

(V40) HOW GOD GRANTED DAVID STRENGTH for BATTLE...

O.T. VERSION of Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

DAVID RECOUNTS MILITARY PROWESS…

BUT KNOWS THAT the SOURCE ISN’T INTERNAL,, BUT EXTERNAL....

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CHURCH,, I THINK WE SERIOUSLY UNDERESTIMATE JUST HOW MUCH GOD is AT WORK in OUR LIVES,, SUSTAINING US & STRENGTHENING US....

WHETHER WE REALIZE it OR NOT.... WE’RE LIVING DAY BY DAY SUSTAINED BY the GRACE of GOD...

MEDICATION ILLUSTRATION:

EVER BEEN on MEDS for 1-2 WEEKS for ILLNESS

THEY SAY: “TAKE the WHOLE BOTTLE”

&& YOU TAKE HALF & FEEL BETTER…

AND THEN STOP...

AND THEN REALIZE YOU WEREN’T BETTER!

MEDS WERE SUSTAINING YOU MORE THAN YOU REALIZED...

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I THINK GOD’S GRACE is LIKE THIS…

MIGHT NOT REALIZE IT…BUT IT’S THERE,, CARRYING YOU THROUGH...

BUT THANKFULLY WE CAN’T STOP W/ HALF the BOTTLE...

WE WON’T KNOW LIFE WITHOUT IT...

GRACE is SUFFICIENT in US

POWER MADE PERFECT in WEAKNESS

(T) AND NOW, DAVID IS GOING TO CLOSE THIS GREAT SONG OF PRAISE,

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 47...

THE TEXT SAYS,

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V47-51

47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

48 the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

49 who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from men of violence.

50 “For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to your name.

51 Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.”

DAVID CONCLUDES THIS EPIC SONG WITH THE CLAIM:

THAT YAHWEH IS ALIVE!

BY IMPLICATION:

HE IS ACTIVE!

HE IS STRONG!

HE IS ON THE MOVE IN THE EARTH!

(T) AND SO, WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

HOMILETICAL IDEA:

GIGANTIC PROBLEMS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE THAT OUGHT TO RESULT IN GIGANTIC PRAISE.

NOTHING = TOO HARD for OUR GOD...

HE’S a GOD WHO HEARS… AND ACTS...

ONE WHO COMES DOWN to MEET NEEDS....

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GOSPEL: THE GREATEST DELIVERANCE

· AND CHURCH, AS WE CONSIDER MATTERS OF GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE IN THE LIFE OF DAVID,

I WANT US TO NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE GREATEST DELIVERANCE.

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TODAY’S TEXT:

DAVID FEELING WAVES of DEATH

CORDS of the GRAVE...

BUT HE WAS SPARED…MIRACULOUSLY…TIME & TIME AGAIN....

(T) BUT I WANT to TELL YOU ABOUT the SON of DAVID.... WHO WASN’T SPARED...

HE DIDN’T ESCAPE

HE DIDN’T BREAK FREE FROM the SNARES of DEATH

JESUS CHRIST UNDERWENT THAT DEATH FOR US…SO THAT WE COULD BE SPARED...

THROUGH HIS DEATH—DEFEATING the ONE W/ POWER OVER DEATH....

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THIS = the GREATEST…MOST GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE....

NOT NATURAL, BUT SPIRITUAL....

NOT DELIVERED FROM PHILISTINES

BUT FROM the POWER of SIN & DEATH·

NOT SPARED FROM NATURAL DEATH,,

BUT SPARED FROM ETERNAL, SPIRITUAL DEATH & SEPARATION FROM GOD....

DELIVERANCE BASED SOLELY on GOD’S GRACE...

HIS WORK NOT OUR OWN...

WE BRING NOTHING to OUR SALVATION EXCEPT the SIN THAT MADE it NECESSARY

&& WHEN OUR SITUATION WAS DESPERATE...

WE WERE DEAD in OUR TRESPASSES & SINS...

THE ETERNAL SON of GOD CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN:

To LIVE the PERFECT LIFE WE SHOULD’VE LIVED

& DIED the DEATH WE SHOULD’VE DIED...

THAT THROUGH a GIFT of GRACE RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH WE CAN BE FORGIVEN of ALL OUR SINS & RECEIVING RIGHTSTANDING W/ GOD....

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HERE WITHOUT this HOPE

HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED THIS DELIVERANCE

HAVEN’T BEEN FORGIVEN

QUESTIONS REGARDING MATTERS of FAITH/ASSURANCE

I’D LOVE to SPEAK W/ YOU AFTER the SERVICE TODAY....

THE MOST IMPORTANT DELIVERANCE WE CAN FIND is THIS DELIVERANCE PURCHASED FOR US @ CALVARY

(T) AND NOW, IN CLOSING, I’D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW TAKEAWAYS WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

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TAKEAWAYS:

LEARN ABOUT GOD?

GOD = OUR SOURCE of STRENGTH

CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T SELF-SUFFICIENT

2. GOD IS NOT JUST A GOD WHO SEES & WHO HEARS, BUT ALSO A GOD WHO ACTS.

DAVID SHOWS US GOD EFFECTIVELY LEAVING the THRONE to MEET NEEDS & ANSWER REQUESTS...

HE ISN’T INDIFFERENT...

HE SEES…HE HEARS… HE ACTS...

LEARN FOR US?

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IN OVERVIEWING GOD’S WORK in DAVID’S LIFE....

REMEMBER:

NOT ONLY to CRY OUT in TIMES of DISTRESS...

BUT to CRY OUT in PRAISE WHEN HE BRINGS US THROUGH...

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IT’S EASY to CRY OUT to GOD in DESPERATE TIMES… AND WE SHOULD

I. IF YOU’RE GOING THROUGH a TRIAL:

CRY OUT to GOD

BELIEVE HE’S a GOD WHO SEES,, WHO HEARS,,, WHO ACTS...

HE CARES FOR YOU...

HE KNOWS YOUR NEEDS BEFORE YOU ASK…HE’S GOT YOUR LIST MEMORIZED BETTER THAN YOU DO...

HE WANTS to HEAR FROM YOU...

THERE is NOTHING TOO HARD FOR HIM

NO GIANT TOO BIG

IF OUR REQUESTS ARE in ALIGNMENT WITH HIS WILL,, HE is ABLE to DO FAR MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN ALL WE ASK or THINK...

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II. THOSE NOT GOING THROUGH a TRIAL:

GOD NOT ONLY WANTS to HEAR OUR PRAYERS....

BUT ALSO OUR PRAISE & THANKSGIVING

HE WANTS to HEAR YOUR GRATITUDE in GOOD TIMES JUST the SAME as HE DELIGHTS to HEAR OUR NEEDS...

&& MAYBE YOU THINK THERE’S NOTHING REALLY GREAT WORTH CELEBRATING...

IT’S EASY FOR DAVID,, WHO WAS DELIVERED FROM GIANTS...

IT’S EASY for ISRAEL DELIVERED FROM EGYPT @ RED SEA

EASY for HEBREW GUYS AFTER COMING OUT of the FIERY FURNACE

EASY for DANIEL W/ LION’S DEN...

MIGHT BE EASY FOR THOSE W/ GREAT BIBLICAL DELIVERANCE....

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CHURCH...THE DELIVERANCE FROM SIN & DEATH @ SALVATION = the MOST GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE GOD HAS EVER WROUGHT...

IT’S GREATER THAN ALL the REST

LET’S NEVER DOWNPLAY the WORK GOD DID FOR US @ CALVARY...

ETERNAL DELIVERANCE FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH = FAR GREATER THAN DELIVERANCE FROM NATURAL DEATH...

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FORGIVEN MUCH — LOVES MUCH

THE ONE WHO REALIZES HIS DELIVERANCE WAS GIGANTIC…RESPONDS WITH GIGANTIC PRAISE… A PRAISE in PROPORTION

CAN BE EXPRESSED in a MYRIAD of WAYS:

FALLING HUMBLY on KNEES in THANKSGIVING

SING & SHOUT

DAVID RESPONDED in SONG,, BUT in WRITTEN SONG…HE PUT WORDS on a PAGE.

WE CAN RESPOND in VARIOUS WAYS...

BUT WHAT WE CAN’T DO is NOT RESPOND...

FOR DELIVERANCE OF THIS SORT DEMANDS A RESPONSE. AMEN?

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