God's Chosen King
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I. Context Recap: The Downfall of Saul
I. Context Recap: The Downfall of Saul
Larger Context: ISRAEL’S MONARCHY
ESTABLISHMENT of SAUL = REJECTION of YAHWEH.
Last Time: SAUL’S DISOBEDIENCE/UNREPENTANCE COST HIM KINGSHIP...
Conclusion: GOD — REGRETTED MAKING SAUL KING
Adultery Illustration: NOT GUILTY—BUT INCREDIBLY WRONGED & HURT
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Transition: The kingdom would soon be torn away.
Today, we meet Saul’s replacement.
READ 1 SAM. 16… VS. 1
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II. David Anointed King (1 Samuel 16)
II. David Anointed King (1 Samuel 16)
A. God's Choice is Final (1 Sam. 16:1)
A. God's Choice is Final (1 Sam. 16:1)
1 Samuel 16:1 (ESV)
1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
God is telling Samuel to get on board with His plan.
C.C.: HARD to SEE SAUL FALL so HARD...
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SAUL’S REJECTION = UNCHANGING — “I HAVE REJECTED” (EM: HEB)...
GOD ISN’T WISHY-WASHY
1 Samuel 15:29 (ESV)
29 And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.”
GOD HAS CHOSEN a NEW KING— FROM JESSE’S FAMILY in BETHLEHEM
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Transition: WE’LL SEE if SAMUEL OBEYS??
READ: v2-5
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B. The Prophet’s Secret Mission (1 Sam. 16:2–5)
B. The Prophet’s Secret Mission (1 Sam. 16:2–5)
1 Samuel 16:2–5 (ESV)
2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.”
4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
Scary: SAUL = IRRATIONAL, SAMUEL SCARED for LIFE!
Background (Geography): ***SEE P.P. PIC*** TRAVELING to BETHLEHEM MEANT TRAVELING BY GIBEAH!
“WORSHIP SERVICE” NOT REPLACEMENT SERVICE!
Key Idea: KING WILL BE of GOD’S CHOOSING!
FORMERLY “LIKE the NATIONS”
NOW GOD’S WAY.
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SAMUEL OBEYS
BETHLEHEMITES = NERVOUS (SAMUEL = JUDGE/LEADER)
SAMUEL CAME in PEACE
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Transition: BUT HE ALSO CAME on MISSION…
READ: V6-10
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C. God Looks on the Heart, Not Appearance (1 Sam. 16:6–10)
C. God Looks on the Heart, Not Appearance (1 Sam. 16:6–10)
1 Samuel 16:6–10 (ESV)
6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.”
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”
Problem: SAMUEL = LOOKING BY WORLDLY STANDARDS
ELIAB LOOKS the PART
Conclusion: GOD HAD REJECTED HIM (SAME as SAUL)
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Overviewing the Heart:
Overviewing the Heart:
Key Takeaway: MANKIND LOOKS OUTWARDLY, GOD LOOKS INWARDLY (v7)
KEY VERSE in SAMUELS...
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Quote: “The “heart” in Scripture refers to a person’s inward moral and spiritual life, including the emotions, will, and reason.”[1]
HEART = WHO YOU TRULY ARE INTERNALLY…
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HASN’T CHANGED: LOOK @ GOD’S QUALIFICATIONS for N.T. LEADERSHIP…
Background: TITUS & TIMOTHY— PASSAGES TALK ABOUT CHARACTER MORE than COMPETENCY!!
Charge: HOW’S YOUR HEART?
IT’S NOT ENOUGH to DO the RIGHT THINGS…
GOD CARES ABOUT YOUR HEART & MOTIVATION…
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S.S.: SERMON on the MOUNT…
LUST = ADULTERY
HATRED = MURDER…
PHARISAIC RELIGION— VERY UPRIGHT---BUT DEAD…
Mark 7:6–7 (ESV)
6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
Application: Proverbs 4:23 (ESV)
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
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Scary Truth: GOD KNOWS if YOU’RE a PHONY or GENUINE…
Jeremiah 17:9–10 (ESV)
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
7 SONS WERE BEFORE SAMUEL…
7 SONS = REJECTED.
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Transition: BACKUP PLAN? DID GOD MISS SOMETHING?
READ: V11-13
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D. The Uninvited is Chosen (1 Sam. 16:11–13)
D. The Uninvited is Chosen (1 Sam. 16:11–13)
1 Samuel 16:11–13 (ESV)
11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”
12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
Favorite Question: “IS THIS ALL YOU’VE GOT?”
ONE SON—UNINVITED—OUT W/ SHEEP.
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C.C.: IMAGINE—SPECIAL MEETING W/ PROPHET—LOOKING for THIS FAMILY...
… & THEY LET YOUNGEST OUT W/ SHEEP! UNINVITED!
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LOW & BEHOLD THIS IS THE GUY....
RUNT of the LITTER—BECOMES the NEXT KING…
REJECTED BY MEN—BUT ACCEPTED BY GOD.
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1 Corinthians 1:26–31 (ESV)
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Pondering: I WONDER HOW OUR LIVES WOULD BE DIFFERENT… IF ALL WE SAW WAS HOW GOD SAW…
Key Takeaway: END of the DAY… ONLY ONE OPINION MATTERS—GOD’S.
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GOD WILL TAKE the NOBODIES—MAKE THEM INTO SOMEBODIES—SO HE GETS the GLORY
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Transition: W/ DAVID BEING GIVEN the SPIRIT—WE’LL SEE THINGS GO DOWNHILLL for SAUL...
READ: V14-23
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E. David Enters Saul’s Service (1 Sam. 16:14–23)
E. David Enters Saul’s Service (1 Sam. 16:14–23)
1 Samuel 16:14–23 (ESV)
14 Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.
15 And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.
16 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.”
17 So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”
18 One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.”
19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
20 And Jesse took a donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them by David his son to Saul.
21 And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”
23 And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him.
GOD’S DIVINE JUDGMENT—THINGS BEGIN to GO DOWNHILL for SAUL…
PERFECT— DAVID BECOMES the SOLUTION
DAVID—HAS NICE REPUTATION
Main Idea: GOD = WITH HIM— SECRET SAUCE of HIS LIFE.
DAVID ENTERS SAUL’S SERVICE…
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Transition: SCENES WILL CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY
READ: CH. 17:1-11
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III. David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
III. David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
A. Israel is Terrified and Frozen (1 Sam. 17:1–11)
A. Israel is Terrified and Frozen (1 Sam. 17:1–11)
1 Samuel 17:1–11 (ESV)
1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.
4 And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.
8 He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”
10 And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”
11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Geography: PHILISTINE ENCROACHMENT…
***SEE P.P. PICS***
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Engaging in Representative/Champion Warfare:
ONE FIGURE = REPRESENTS EACH SIDE— REPRESENTS DEITY
PHILISTINE GIANT—GOLIATH:
GIANT STATURE
WELL-EQUIPPED
MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT— WAY BEYOND NORMAL ARMAMENT…
Background: MORE IMPORTANT THAN SPECIFIC WEIGHTS & THINGS—GOLIATH WAS UNMATCHED & EXCEPTIONAL…
ABOVE AVERAGE in EVERY WAY
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Challenge Presented: ISRAEL CHOOSE a MAN to FIGHT…
(Q) WHO SHOULD’VE BEEN the REPRESENTATIVE to FIGHT?? SAUL.
C.C.: SAUL = TALL, UNUSED to SOMEONE BIGGER ((I CAN RELATE))
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SAUL & ALL ISRAEL AFRAID— LOOKING @ GIANT & SELF,, THEY DIDN’T MEASURE UP.
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Transition: WILL THERE BE a SOLUTION to the ISRAELITE PICKLE?
READ: V12-16
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B. David is Faithful and Acts on Faith (1 Sam. 17:12–30)
B. David is Faithful and Acts on Faith (1 Sam. 17:12–30)
1 Samuel 17:12–16 (ESV)
12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,
15 but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
SCENE SHIFTS— GIGANTIC PROBLEM— NOW HAVE PICTURE of FAITHFUL SHEPHERD BOY…
TAKING CARE of SHEEP
FOOD DELIVERY BOY (15 MILE JOURNEY ONE WAY!!)
40 DAY STALEMATE…
***80 OPPORTUNITIES to RESPOND in FAITH… NO ONE STEPS UP**
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Transition: ALL ALONG—DAVID = FAITHFUL…
READ: 17-23
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1 Samuel 17:17–23 (ESV)
17 And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers.
18 Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”
19 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry.
21 And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.
22 And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers.
23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.
DAVID—FOOD DELIVERY—HAPPENS to COME @ RIGHT TIME.
NARRATIVE SHIFTS… DAVID HEARD GOLIATH…
READ: V24-27
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1 Samuel 17:24–27 (ESV)
24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27 And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
EVERYONE TERRIFIED—DAVID INQUIRES.
WHO IS THIS GUY?! to DEFY the ARMIES of the LIVING GOD…
Background: ARK NARRATIVE—DAGON BEHEADED in HIS TEMPLE B4 ARK!
Note: 1ST TIME GOD is BROUGHT INTO the STORY… && FIRST TIME DAVID SPEAKS in SCRIPTURE
ISRAEL WAS ALWAYS the UNDERDOGS NATURALLY… BUT THEY HAD HELP NO OTHERS HAD…
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Transition: FIRST TIME—SOMEONE is ASKING ABOUT the REWARD for KILLING GOLIATH…
DAVID WILL GET ANSWER HE’S NOT LOOKING FOR:
READ: V28-30
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1 Samuel 17:28–30 (ESV)
28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”
29 And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?”
30 And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.
OLDER BROTHER, ELIAB—CRITICIZES DAVID!
BELITTLES HIS TASK
CALLS OUT HIS HEART
Irony: WHO WAS REJECTED BY GOD?
(Q) WHAT QUALIFIED DAVID? HIS HEART…
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DAVID MOVES ONTO ASKING OTHERS...
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Transition: ONLY ONE INTERESTED in REWARD WILL GET SOME ATTENTION.
READ: V.31-37
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C. David’s Confidence is in God (1 Sam. 17:31–37)
C. David’s Confidence is in God (1 Sam. 17:31–37)
1 Samuel 17:31–37 (ESV)
31 When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.
32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,
35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37 And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!”
40 DAYS NO ONE is INTERESTED…
… SOMEONE ASKING ABOUT REWARD,, GETS KING’S ATTENTION.
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DAVID = ABUNDANTLY CONFIDENT— HE’S GOT HISTORY!
GOD HAS KEPT HIM. TIME AFTER TIME.
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DAVID KNOWS HE’S NOT ABLE—BUT GOD IS.
Key Point: WHAT SEPARATED DAVID from the REST = HIS TRUST in YAHWEH, NOT SELF.
ISRAEL LIKE YAHWEH’S SHEEP—HE WILL KEEP THEM.
DAVID WASN’T UNDERDOG— HE SERVED the LIVING GOD—NOT PAGAN IDOLS!
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Transition: DAVID GETS the GO-AHEAD
READ: V38-40
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1 Samuel 17:38–40 (ESV)
38 Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail,
39 and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off.
40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.
SAUL GOING W/ NORMAL PROTOCOLS…TRUSTING in ARMOR.
* DAVID WANTED SOMETHING TESTED…
HE GOES W/ STAFF, STONE, AND SLING…
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Transition: Read: v41-44
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D. The Battle Belongs to the Lord (1 Sam. 17:38–58)
D. The Battle Belongs to the Lord (1 Sam. 17:38–58)
1 Samuel 17:41–44 (ESV)
41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.
42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”
GOLIATH MISSES DAVID’S REAL WEAPON...
INSULTED BY SHEPHERD’S STAFF—PROBABLY DOESN’T SEE HIS SLING.
ENGAGES in SMACK-TALK & CURSES HIM BY HIS IDOLS...
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Transition: WE’LL SEE DAVID’S RESPONSE…
READ: V45-47
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1 Samuel 17:45–47 (ESV)
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
SUMMARY: YOU HAVE NICE WEAPONS—I HAVE the LIVING GOD— the GOD of ANGEL-ARMIES
NOTHING = TOO HARD for HIM
SAME GOD W/ JOSHUA
HE is the ONE GOLIATH DEFIED…
(V46) NOTE DAVID’S FAITH: “I’LL CUT OFF YOUR HEAD”
Irony: DAVID DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING to CUT WITH!!
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Key Takeaway: DAVID WAS SURE GOD WOULD GET the GLORY!
ALL EARTH KNOW—A GOD in ISRAEL
ALL HERE KNOW—GOD DOESN’T SAVE W/ SWORD & SPEAR.
THIS BATTLE = GOD’S BATTLE.
ULTIMATELY a SHOWDOWN BETWEEN DAGON & YAHWEH…
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DAVID’S TRUST in YAHWEH SET HIM APART
Seminary Prof: “DAVID & SAUL” NOT “DAVID & GOLIATH” — STORY TELLS THEIR DIFFERENCES!
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Transition: I’M SURE NO ONE KNOWS HOW THIS STORY GOES…
READ: V48-54
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1 Samuel 17:48–54 (ESV)
48 When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.
51 Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
52 And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron.
53 And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
DAVID in FAITH—RUNS to the BATTLELINE— SINKS STONE INTO GOLIATH’S FOREHEAD.
CUTS OFF GIANT’S HEAD W/ OWN SWORD! JUST as PROMISED!
DAVID’S VICTORY BECOMES the PEOPLE’S VICTORY!
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Transition: STORY WILL CLOSE:
READ: V55-58
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1 Samuel 17:55–58 (ESV)
55 As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
56 And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.”
57 And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
STORY CLOSES W/ REUNITING BETWEEN SAUL & DAVID…
POSSIBLY SAUL LOOKING FOR FAMILY BACKGROUND FOR REWARD
POSSIBLY TOOK PLACE MUCH LATER & SAUL DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HIM (BUSYNESS/EVIL SPIRIT)
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Big Picture Connection
Big Picture Connection
IMPORTANT STEP in MONARCHY—PREPPING WAY for DAVID
DAVID = KING of GOD’S CHOOSING
DAVIDIC COVENANT from 2 SAM… = BASIS for MUCH of DIVIDED KINGDOM…
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MOST IMPORTANT: DAVIDIC LINE = LINE of PROMISED MESSIAH…
JESUS CHRIST = THE DESCENDANT of DAVID.
LIKE DAVID—CHRIST DEFEATED ENEMY W/ OWN WEAPON...
Hebrews 2:14–15 (ESV)
14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
WE ARE MADE PARTAKERS of CHRIST’S VICTORY, LIKE ISRAEL BECAME PARTAKERS of DAVID’S...
HE is the HERO of the STORY!
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Takeaways:
Takeaways:
1. GOD LOOKS UPON the HEART— WE MUST BE DILIGENT to MAINTAIN OUR HEARTS BEFORE GOD.
Proverbs 4:23 (ESV)
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN ANYTHING EXTERNAL—GOD KNOWS the REAL US...
N.T. QUALIFICATIONS for LEADERS: CHARACTER OVER COMPETENCY.
REMEMBER—HIS OPINION = ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS.
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2. OUR TRUST MUST BE SOLELY in GOD
LET US NOT RELY on HUMAN DEVICES…
**CONTRAST DAVID & SAUL**
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3. GOD USES ‘NOBODIES’ SO HE GETS the GLORY
AS GOD USES US in LIFE—LET US REMEMBER WE’RE NEVER the HERO of the STORY.
(Q) Closing Questions/Thoughts??
!!Close in Prayer!!
