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List out spiritual gifts (Taken from 1 corinthians 12, , ) as a reminder:
Serving
Exhortation
Giving
Leadership
Mercy
Word of wisdom
Word of knowledge
Faith
Gifts of healings
Miracles
Prophecy
Distinguishing between spirits
Tongues
Interpretation of tongues
Apostle
Prophet
Teacher
Miracles
Helps
Administration
Apostle
Evangelist
Pastor
(Intro) Start the sermon off with a brief review of spiritual gifts. Allow for any comments or questions the students may have after a week of being able to think about it. (3 min)
(Bridge) “We understand that we have spiritual gifts, the way that we use them/utilize them is based on our heart.” bring up short verses that back up this statement: (3 min)
19 As in water face reflects face,
so the heart of man reflects the man.
“As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.”
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
(Leading Question) Now ask the question “What does it look like to have a good heart?”
Allow students to answer. We know that if our answer has anything to do with worldly emotions or thoughts, it's not good because of the natural sin nature. Therefore we must look at what God’s heart looks like. I think the best way to do that is to look at someone who has a heart after God’s: (5 min)
“After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’”
22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
(Set-up) I want to talk to you about David, you all have probably heard this story before but I want us to look at it in a different way. There was a huge army of Philistines on the southern ridge of the valley and another huge army of Israelites on the northern ridge of the valley. Because of this neither army would attack each other. Therefore:
(Set-up) I want to talk to you about David, you all have probably heard this story before but I want us to look at it in a different way. There was a huge army of Philistines on the southern ridge of the valley and another huge army of Israelites on the northern ridge of the valley. Because of this neither army would attack each other. Therefore:
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.
4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[a] 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[b]; 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. 7 His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[c] His shield bearer went ahead of him. 8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. 9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.” 10 Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” 11 On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
Emphasise goliath’s appearance. You see they would send out challengers to fight in one on one combat to save the lives of many. The winner of the battle would win for the whole nation. (7 min)
16 For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
16 For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
(Main point) Little back story on david, he was the youngest in his family and was a shepherd. He protected the flocks and cared for his father. His father asked him to take some food to his brothers at camp and he did. (7-12 min)
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.
24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid.
20 Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. 21 Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. 22 David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were. 23 As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. 24 Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.
Now, instead of fleeing David began to ask questions and grow upset that the israelites had allowed this man to disgrace and shame the kingdom of the living God. He began to become passionate. Then his brother confronts him and says:
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.”
28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”
David loved battles, He was enamored with it. It was a part of who he was.
So david approached Saul and asked him to allow him to go and fight Goliath. Saul replied with
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.”
Here is where we start to understand why there is this story of an underdog when it comes to david and goliath. Goliath is this massive warrior as we had heard and had been training for moments like this since he was a boy. But in reality so had David.
33 Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior 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.
Here is where we start to understand why there is this story of an underdog when it comes to david and goliath. Goliath is this massive warrior as we had heard and had been training for moments like this since he was a boy. But in reality so had David.
34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
This was great and all well in good. But if this was all that David had said, his heart would not have been in the right spot. All the gifts and abilities in the world would not have been any use because his heart would have been in pride. Instead he continues and says:
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!”
36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
37 The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”
He was doing it for God. He trusted God. Saul then agreed and allowed him to go, he gave him armor but, david turned it away. He knew where he was gifted. He didn’t need anything more than God had already given him. He was ready to face Goliath with his staff, a sling and 5 stones. As he moves down the mountain to meet Goliath, Goliath taunts and jabs with words at David. But david is not phased, in fact he states:
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.”
45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
As Goliath moved to attack David, David quickly moved, grabbed a stone from his pouch, stuck it in his sling and struck Goliath on the forehead. He then ran over to him and cut his head off. When the philistines saw this, they ran.
Main Points:
David knew who he was. He didn’t try to be a warrior in armor. He knew he was a shepherd boy who could sling rocks with the best. (Knowing our spiritual gifts)
David did it for God. His heart was in the right spot. This isn’t a story about how an underdog overcame a Giant. It is the story about a gifted young man who followed God. Was used by God to overcome the giant. God is the hero in this story, not David.
Jesus wants to use us. The pressure is off us. As long as we know who He created us to be and follow after His heart He will take care of us. We don’t have to be the hero, God is.
(Final Bridge) Next week we will talk about how our abilities make us unique and different.
Did you take anytime this week to discover your spiritual gifts?
Why is it important to know your spiritual gifts?
What made David a man after God’s own heart?
When you face your problems do you tend to act like the Israelites or David?
Why wasn’t David afraid against Goliath?
What is an example of a problem in your life that might be bigger than it is?