Jason Robinson - Class 5: The Giant and the Boy

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   And so with that brothers and sisters, we are ready to begin our second class. Our speaker is brother. Jason Robinson, the theme for brother, Robinson’s classes. This week is the tales of the Giants. Today’s class is entitled, the Giant and the boy Jason.

2. 0:27

   Thank you very much and good morning, brothers and sisters. Friday, we’re almost there. If anybody does need note cards today, fingers crossed, we’re going to be able to make it in time. I’ve been having the worst law getting thrown my size with the teens. I do a little better in here but we’re going to hopefully make it to note card time today. So if you guys do need them they’re here up at the front. Hopefully, we all still have Have them though, from when they were passed out on Monday, we’re going to be using one side today again, God willing, if we make it to that section of the day, so let’s review where we’ve come so far on Monday. We really spent some time, getting to know our Giants. We then worked on removing any doubt that you could beat your Giants.

3. 1:17

   And hopefully, convince ourselves that we would like, to yesterday. We spent the day with Caleb, and we really explored where our Giants home Land was we looked at how Giants tend to come back, even though Joshua slew all of the Giants in Hebron Caleb. Had to come back. Few chapters later and do the same thing again.

4. 1:37

   And so we had the homework yesterday of how can you make sure this location stays giant free for your family and brothers and sisters because we do not want these Giants. Rearing their ugly heads again in our lives. And then today, we’re going to be taking a look at a little bit more. Ali.

5. 1:55

   So we are basically done, getting to know our Giants and the where’s and the wise and the house and today is going to be a little bit more focused on your role in the giant fight. Today we’re going to be talking about the attacking and defending when fighting your giant we’re look at weapons.

6. 2:14

   We’re looking armor. Will take a look at the weapons, your Giants use and we’ll take a look at what weapons Giants layers. Use will take a look, what armor your giant uses. And what armor? It’s layers use today, we really form our battle plan, start to focus on the role to play that we play with our Giants.

7. 2:35

   We’re pretty much done learning about them and we’re going to learn and see where we fit in. Well last time we ended and we spoke about how Joshua cleansed some areas of giants. It says in Joshua 11 verse 22. There were none of the anakim left in the land of the children of Israel.

8. 2:55

   Only in Gaza in gas and in ashdod there remained. So there’s three cities in particular in which Joshua could not drive out the Giants in ashdod in Gaza and interestingly enough in gath these are where the anakim remained. Now, we know that this land becomes philistia And when the Philistines capture this territory, they apparently allowed the Giants to live among them.

9. 3:33

   So when we come to First Samuel chapter 17, this is our backdrop. The Philistines are clearly using their newly integrated Giants to intimidate the children of Israel. After all. It worked so well before. And we’re going to see many similarities between the Battle of David and Goliath and the children of Israel, the edge of the promised land.

10. 4:02

    But these people in philistia Like the rest of the world. New about not only the victories that Mighty Israelite Nation had accomplished. But unfortunately, they also knew of some of their weaknesses and the Philistines would send out a giant. Because if there’s anything Israel is scared of, it was Giants.

11. 4:35

    So, let’s take them to look at this one. Little city called gas. Gas is an interesting place before we dive in, to really get to know more about David and Goliath. It’s crucial that we lay some quick rules. First of all, the story of David and Goliath might just be the most well-known story in all of scripture to those outside, maybe even more known than a whale who ate Jonah, maybe even more well-known than all the animals, who gather together on an arc during a worldwide flood.

12. 5:12

    Maybe even more well-known or better known than the perfect man who died for the world. Because it’s come to stand for the little guy against the big guy. The True Underdog Story, which we love so much. The big and bad and ugly Goliath being taken down by the shepherd, kid, with just a sling.

13. 5:35

    But pictured, David sitting in the front row right here. Is that how he would see the story? He tells Goliath and Saul and others, it wasn’t him fighting. Wasn’t himself fighting Goliath. That was the solstice point of Deuteronomy. That was the whole point of Caleb. It wasn’t these people fighting the Giants. It was our heavenly father.

14. 6:03

    So instead of this being an Underdog Story, the little guy beating the big guy. I’m really sorry to say, it’s actually just another story about God, beating Giants.

15. 6:14

    If we’ve learned anything so far, it’s certainly that we can’t fight these Giants on her own, and neither did David. This is a battle against about a little guy against the big guy. But the little guy isn’t David. The little guys Goliath. Against our heavenly father. And in order to fight your Giants, you’re going to need the help of your heavenly father.

16. 6:41

    now, this giant was from gas and gas being neighbors with Israel, it seems Had some influence from Israel. We’re told in first Samuel chapter 6 and at verse 16 when the five Lords of the Philistines had seen it they returned to occur on the same day. This is of course when the ark was captured and it wreaks havoc in the land of the Philistines verse 17 in each of the golden em rods, which the Philistines returned for a trespass, offering unto Yahweh for ashdod one.

17. 7:16

    For Gaza, 14, Ashkelon 14, gas, one and four equilon one. So they knew at least some of the worship practices of the Israelite, God of Yahweh. We also know from the next chapter in verse 14, across the page that the cities from, which, the Philistines had taken from Israel. Were restored to Israel from ekron, even to gas.

18. 7:41

    So gas had actually been back and forth between the Philistines and the Israelites for many, many years now. Apparently, when you come to First Sigma Seventeen, it appears that maybe they had lost it again.

19. 7:55

    Anyway, few chapters later in first Samuel 21. This is actually the place where David fleas. When he flees from Saul. And so it’s quite curious that the city of gath seems to be close enough to understand a little bit about the God of Israel. I mean, after all, the children of Israel knew a lot about the gods, the Philistines their worship practices.

20. 8:22

    And so it seems likely that maybe the Philistines had the same. And so it’s with this history of gath that they send out a giant, and let’s take a look at verse 4 of 1st, Samuel, 17, and let’s get to know the armor of Goliath of gath. First, Samuel 17 verse 4, says there. One out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines. Named Goliath of gath, whose height was six cubits, and a span Over 9 feet tall.

21. 8:54

    Need a helmet of brass upon his head and he was armed with a coat of mail and the weight of the coat was 5000 shekels of brass. And he had Greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of grass between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a Weaver’s beam and his Spears head weighed 600 shekels of iron, and one bearing a shield went before him. So look at the qualifications of the armor of the Goliath of gath this Champion that they send out. Was armored armored and had weapons. The hill.

22. 9:30

    Do you feel like our giant has this much armor? Sometimes we I definitely feel like my giant has this much armor. Let’s use the example of a giant being some sort of addiction, whether it’s alcohol, related, drug related, let’s use this as our giant for this morning’s example. Armor does a substance addiction have? Well, it’s anything that appears to my eyes is going to protect that giant from me.

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    Just beating it easily. That’s the armor that this giant can put on. It could be anything from triggers. There’s places their sites. There’s people that just make it feel like I need to satisfy the addiction, possibly peer pressure. Maybe I’ve been headed this giant then, all of a sudden, I find myself hanging out with that crowd again.

24. 10:34

    And somehow the giant puts his head back on and I’m dealing with it again. Maybe it’s the way that kind of rewires our body. Maybe it’s stress or anxiety, right? All of these things that the Giants can put on as their armor. That can make us. Look at them and say I am never happy that. That armor.

25. 10:57

    Are you kidding? That coat of mail is 5000 shekels of brass. I can’t penetrate that And so if we look at our quick guide, the first kind of bullet for today is, what does your giant use for armor? When you go to battle against it and you can spend a few minutes, kind of contemplating. This is an interesting and tricky question, but are Giants have armor.

26. 11:24

    They’re not standing there waiting for us, just to pick up a stone and sling. It at them to take a sword and lob their head off. They might even have armor bearers, holding shields in front of them. There might be a lot. You have to break down before you can get to your giant. But in first, Samuel 17 as we continue the story, there are a few people who are just too scared of a giant. Too much armor too big of weapons. Whatever it was they found themselves quite content in their tent.

27. 11:59

    Look at verse 12, now, David was the son of that F of sites of Bethlehem Judah whose name was Jesse. And he had eight sons and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul and the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed salt to battle, and the names of his three sons that, which to the battle were Ally of the firstborn next, unto him a bit of dab and the third shama.

28. 12:22

    So we have these three boys. And David was the youngest, and the three eldest, why they followed Saul? It says they followed their King into battle like a good soldier would but these three brothers interestingly enough, they would have seen and heard everything that Goliath was saying, we didn’t do anything about it for 40 days or told.

29. 12:50

    It’s awfully easy for us brothers and sisters to think of ourselves as David’s in the story, isn’t it? Bravely approaching our giant God’s power in our hands and charging towards him. What actually happens with option way. More often for me personally, is that I might actually be alive. I tense just fine. The Giants are out there but they’re not bothering me really at this moment. I know they’re a threat to spirituals spirituality but I just don’t feel like engaging with them. I’m aware that they’re I’m living in peace, but I don’t need to engage in the fight and this was the message of the three older brothers of David.

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    So just be careful as we come into these stories that we don’t immediately assume that we’re like David’s, because there’s many characters, the story who refused to fight the Giant. It says in Hebrews chapter 6 a couple cool versus for us just to remember on our path since and we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full Assurance of Hope unto the end that ye be not slothful, but followers of them that who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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    And so to inherit the promises to have the full Assurance of hope it does require us to be diligent in the truth. And it requires us to not be slothful. This is what is being told of us in Hebrews, unlike These three older Sons of Jesse. But we know the story. Don’t we brothers and sisters? There’s one more individual.

32. 14:40

    Who if you were standing on the battlefield, you would have thought would have stood up the first day to fight. I mean, after all, it’s why you thought he was chosen to be king It says, in 1st Samuel 9 verse 2 and he had a son whose name was Saul. A choice young man and a goodly and there was not among the children of Israel.

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    A good leader person than he from his shoulders upward. He was higher than any of the people and you would look around and you would say well who should fight this really tall enemy, what about are really tall, King What about it for like Saul Brothers and Sisters? See, I think the nation of Israel learned a great deal of salt during these 40 days.

34. 15:24

    King Saul is just like that man who talks all about the Giants, he fights. He’s got the armor to do it. He fits the description of the perfect giant fighter. But in actions, maybe you noticed that he seems to actually cower away from a fight. You know brothers sisters, maybe our giant actually might be dealing with people like Saul Hypocrites in our Ecclesia.

35. 15:48

    It seems sometimes. It was certainly an another giant, for David. Who had many opportunities to remove Saul? But refused on more than one occasion to not kill the Lord’s anointed. And so here’s King Saul who everyone would have expected to fight. We’re told in first Samuel chapter 17, verse 38 39 that he had armor, and not only that, but he had almost the same. Exact armor get a helmet of bronze coat of mail on a sword. And as he puts these on, David David is starting to look himself a little bit like Goliath. And David thinks I can’t go to battle looking like the good giant himself.

36. 16:34

    We got King Saul would often fall upon his own armor. To support him in his fight. And finally 1st Samuel, 8 verses 19, and 20 says nevertheless, the people refuse to obey the voice of Samuel who said you shouldn’t choose a king. You already have a king. His name is Yahweh and said nay but we will have a king over us. That we may be also like all the nations. and that our King May judge us and go out before us and fight our battles. And so you can see the rest of the nation here. It says that the three eldest followed Saul Well, it seems like all the warriors were following Saul. Not fighting the Giant.

37. 17:24

    Kings Were Meant to lead their people to battle. That’s why David was the one who fought the Giant. He was this true king of Israel. Before we do that, we have another interesting question. And see there’s two types of armor. There’s the armor of the Giant, and there’s the armor of Saul. What is the armor of Saul look like, do we ever put on that armor?

38. 17:56

    You see Saul put his armor on David thinking, that’s how God is going to help you wearing my own armor. What does Saul’s armor look like for us? He had a helmet of brass, he had the coat of mail and he had a sword. see, he looked In all intents and purposes, like he should’ve been fighting the Giant.

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    And he puts it on David. Finally, a brave soldier in my ranks was going to go fight him, you’re going to need this. But the problem brothers, sisters with Saul’s armor, Is its usefulness. Relies on the giant attacking you. Not you attacking the Giant.

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    And this is house, all probably fight all his battles. Waiting for the Giants to get close to him instead of him running towards the Army and charging towards them Saul assumed on all points. That there would be a struggle. I’m going to need this armor. And David knew that there wouldn’t be a struggle. So what does Saul’s armor look like for us? What kind of armor is Saul offer? You a tricks you into thinking?

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    It’s all going to need to fight your giant. Let’s break it down. We need to fight a giant, we can check that box. We all know we need to fight a giant but we don’t really want to, I can check that box. I rely on something fairly worthless to fight and defend for my giant. That’s what Saul’s armor looks like now. Something worthless is quite subjective, isn’t it? It can mean a lot of different things, what works for you and fighting your Giants?

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    You could come and say, Jason, I tried this really worked and I could try it and I can come back and say I didn’t work for me. I was probably doing something wrong but it just wasn’t working and it can be very subjective. What we find out Works, what’s armor? We end up using But you keep this armor and your tent for when you’re going to need it.

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    So let’s consider. Now, again another Giant for the sake of an example of Saul’s armor, let’s consider the giant of inappropriate shows or movies. Let’s assume that this is the giant that we want to slay at this point in time. What would Saul’s armor be? For inappropriate shows or movies. Saul’s armor would be something like hiding the remote.

44. 20:27

    Can’t find the remote. Can’t work the TV problem solved. Maybe setting limits on your content restrictions. That could be Saul’s armor, right? You know what it’s not really there. But I guess if I needed to, I could always get it. Setting limits on your Wi-Fi shut off certain time. You see the problem with Saul’s armor. Is it relies on the giant attacking you? Not you attacking the giant.

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    There was a reason that David says I cannot accept this armor. First of all, it weighs me down and makes the battle complicated. It makes it, so there will be a battle. It’s all thought there’s going to be a fight. David says, they’ll be no fight. God is going to defeat this giant.

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    So we have to go into battle with the mindset that God is going to beat the Giants for us not rely on these backup method methods. Not rely on things that may get us some sort of accidental. Victory, wow, would you look at that? I beat that giant. What are the chances? So what does David do?

47. 21:36

    Well, David tries on the armor, he doesn’t want to use it. He can’t It’s going to get in the way, it’s going to weigh him down. He’s not even going to need it. The giant is never going to get that close. Instead. It says, in verse 37 says to solve the Lord that delivered me out of the Paw of the lion and out of the Paw of the bear, he will deliver me of the hand of philistine and Saul said to David go and y’all would be with thee. Good luck.

48. 22:11

    And Saul armed David with his armor and he put a helmet of brass upon his head. And also yarn with the coat of mail and David, girded his sword upon his armor and you say to go freed up, proved it. And David said to Saul, I can’t go with these I’m not proved them and David put them off from him. And he took him verse 40, his staff. And chose him.

49. 22:33

    Five smooth stones. And he put them in a shepherd’s bag. And his sling in his hand and with these, he drew near the Giant. A stick and five rocks. Saul’s armor Left Behind. It’s not going to do any good in this battle.

50. 22:58

    David’s Giant. He didn’t need to defend himself with those things. So, what about the five smooth stones? You see their smooth for a reason, brothers and sisters. They’ve been through it all. They’ve been smooth worn down. All the rough edges have been chiseled away and they’ve stood the test of time, these aren’t five new. Sharp Jagged stones.

51. 23:37

    These have been in The Rook for a long time. And I’ve stood against it all. So what five Stones can we bring into our battle against our giant? I’d like to share with you just five that I thought of Ones that I’ve used in past. They might not work for you. They might have the opposite effect for you, but I don’t use these every time I don’t use all of these all the time.

52. 24:12

    These are just five that I’ve considered in times past so what are five smooth stones at Jason’s used? Believe it or not? The daily readings is a big one.

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    Why everyday can’t just read a little bit more the next day? I suppose. But having a daily. Regiment, where you sit down and say, we’re going to read the word. What it does is it puts a priority in everything in your life. It says, no matter what happens today, I’m going to make room in my ever so busy life. Forgotten.

54. 24:57

    See what often can happen as we can. And the long day think to ourselves. I’m not going to pay attention if I do the readings, might as well watch something. But if we make time and we say, you know what, I’m going to start my day with readings. I’m going to end my day with readings.

55. 25:15

    Whatever it is. You can fit it in for me. Daily readings, have helped another thing that helps me and again, this might not work for, everyone seems to be christadelphians music. Even hymns for for me, I’m, I love music. And the christadelphians music that we have in our community is wonderful and just having it on.

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    Occasionally can really kind of, not only settle, but it really adds perspective. There’s a lot of things. You can listen to nowadays, an infinite amount of things. It’s really good music out. There would be Chris Duffy music and you can find it on a lot of different mediums. Another one that works for me. And I know won’t work for everyone is prophecy and current events.

57. 26:06

    We spoke about it a couple times this week so far. For me, there’s nothing quite like, reading in the news. Russia attacks Ukraine. Russia meets with Iran. You read those little things you go. A giant is Tiny. I could beat this thing. The kingdom is coming any day now. For me, it helps distraction plans is also something that I can write down on one of my five smooth Stones.

58. 26:43

    As soon as I see that giant peering over the valley of elah, Get ready. I can enact a distraction plan, whatever it is. The teens, had some great ideas on distraction plans. A quick prayer, a quick reading. Call a friend. Distraction plans, can be very, very helpful in defeating Giants. And last but not least, one of my favorites, but one, I do not do enough of Is actually occlusal projects, your Ecclesia. We’ll never ever, ever.

59. 27:19

    Not need you to help out with projects. There will always be something that you can work on it. Your Ecclesia if your cleavage anything like mine, there is always help that can be done. If you find yourself, just volunteering for a committee here and there then you’re going to sit down and you’re going to say My life’s too busy to worry about these things. I got this do and I got that doing. This is going to be done for the occlusion here, and this is gonna be done for the closure there. And I got to take care of these kids for this family that kids, this family, and all of a sudden you just don’t have time. To fight these Giants.

60. 27:55

    That’s a smooth Stone. You can absolutely use. Just sheer time limitations can help. Some of the things that could work as course is prayer. Occlusal friendships and bonds. Reading any good pieces of work in our community classes, spiritual routines, anything that you think can be a tried-and-true stone that you can gather together to fight your giant.

61. 28:25

    Maybe just write it down. You don’t have to use them all. In fact, you might only need to use one. At least you’ll have all five in case other Giants come your way.

62. 28:40

    And so, we have Goliath. Who approaches this boy who has nothing, but a staff and a sling and some rocks. In the battle. Of the most popular giant begins. First 41. And the Philistine came on and Drew near to David. Put your giant in the shoes of Goliath and you yourself. Put on the shoes of David, your giant draws near and the man that bear The Shield went before him bad news, your giant has helped. This might be a big battle.

63. 29:29

    And he went sorry and when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him for, he was, but a youth and Ruddy of a fair countenance. In the Philistine said unto David, am I a dog? That they’ll come us to me with sticks and the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

64. 29:47

    The Philistine said to David come to me and I will give thy flesh into the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field. Then said, David to the Philistine, you come to me with a sword with a spear and with the shield. Well, Jason would be scared of all three of those things but I come to thee in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the god of the armies of Israel. Whom thou Hast defied this day, will Yahweh delivered the into mine hand.

65. 30:14

    Yahweh will deliver thee into my hand and I will smite thee and take nine head from the and I will give the carcasses the host of the Philistines. I’m not stopping with, just you Goliath this day unto the fowls of the air, into the wild beasts of the earth that all the Earth. May know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly.

66. 30:33

    Shall finally know. That you always saves not with the sword and spear but the battles yahweh’s. And he will give you into our hands. We see many Echoes, I think To the Wilderness wanderings at this point in time. You see, it said in verse 11 earlier on They were dismayed and greatly afraid.

67. 31:02

    Well, I think it’s white people of gath brought a giant in the first place, they knew Israel’s history. Everyone knew about how the children of Israel were terrified of the Giants and how their God LED them around the Wilderness for 40 years. How many days does Goliath approach before the nation of Israel and to defy, their God?

68. 31:28

    It’s 40. Just as long as the children of Israel were scared of Giants last time. David a youth, he left the Wilderness. We’re told in verse 28. To fight Giants. That’s Deuteronomy. 8 told us about the children of Israel Goliath. Says the words, am I a Caleb? In a literal Hebrew. Am I a dog?

69. 31:54

    He says Goliath says, I will give your flesh unto the fowls and to the beasts. And this is why I think maybe these people of gath new Israel’s history and little better than Israel. It, Look at Deuteronomy, 28, the blessings and the curses chapter do draw me. 28, looking at verse 25. Yahweh shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies, Thou shalt go out one way against them and flees 7 Ways before them and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

70. 32:30

    And by carcasses shall be meat unto the fowls of the air, And into the beasts of the Earth. And no man shall Fray them away. And so Goliath coincidentally uses the same words found and is he in drawn me? 28, right. After the verse is talking about how they would be smitten before their enemies. And to David uses.

71. 32:55

    The words, I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines and he brings his words from membership or 14. The Familiar chapter, which we’ve looked at a few times this week so far, numbers 14 verse 33, And your children shall wander in the wilderness for 40 years and bear your whoredoms until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.

72. 33:23

    And there’s many Echoes here. To the scary history of Israel and Giants. But unlike last time, David went into it, knowing that God could defeat the Giants. He says that the battle is yahweh’s.

73. 33:49

    Those words were never spoken by the children of Israel fighting their Giants. They said, let’s go back to Egypt. So picture the battle with your own giant. The giant approaches. Temptation takes that first step toward you. David runs towards it. It wasn’t a second thought. No call for backup. No flinching, no backing down.

74. 34:09

    He charges towards it. But not only that, there’s an entire Army behind him. He decides now is a good time to take them on. so brothers and sisters young people, David takes down. Goliath of gath, even though, as we read, he had many weapons. What weapons do our Giants use, in particular, we won’t spend too much time on this but You better believe your giant has weapons.

75. 34:41

    He’s got many of them. What weapons does he use substances? Social interactions with people. You just can’t seem to get along with apps on your phone, websites online. What is it that your giant uses to attack you day in and day out?

76. 35:01

    Let’s move if we will. To the last Giants in Scripture. We have to scoot forward a little bit here, but if you’ll come with me to second Samuel, chapter 21, Second, same into 21. We read about the last Giants.

77. 35:24

    Giants are no longer going to be a problem as same 121. They’re going to be defeated they’re going to be gone out of the children of Israel I thought it appropriate. To conclude our remarks. This day with looking at the last ones, the first one, we like to take a look at his verses 15 to 17 a giant, by the name of Ishmael beah.

78. 35:43

    Knob, moreover, the Philistines had get War again with Israel. And David went down in his servants with him and fought against the Philistines and David, waxed faint and ich liebe knob, which was of the sons of the giant, the ref aim, the weight of whose spear weighed 400 shekels of brass and wait, he girded with a new sword Fox to have slain daily but abishai the son of zeruiah. Is suckered him and smote the Philistine and killed him. So we read about this giant ich liebe knob and second Samuel 21 verse 16, David goes into battle against the Philistines again as he had done many many times before but this new giant bears on his new sword whether it was a recent promotion where he wanted to test his new Weaponry, whatever it was he had his eyes set on David.

79. 36:33

    Israel’s Giants later. Don’t you hate it when your weapon when you’re joining gets new weapons? Just when you thought you’d conquered your giant, they come out with another season. And man just got to know what happens. Even the great Giant Slayer, David, though, the end of verse 15 waxes faint, it says he gets tired. Look at the principal here.

80. 37:04

    Because abishai comes to the rescue. Fighting giants is exhausting work. It’s exhausting work. What happens? If you see your brother sister struggling with their giant, you help them. Sometimes we can see other people carrying the weight of their Giant and for whatever reason, we don’t want that. Wait on us and we just say, man, it’s bummer for them. Abishai does not do that.

81. 37:28

    The giant is gaining. The giant has the advantage and it has its eyes on Mighty David. But before he can, Smite weary David down, abishai, the son of Zaire uyi. Comes to the rescue of his king and slays a giant. We may recognize the name abishai from one other place in Scripture. First Samuel, 26 abishai, learned, a very important lesson.

82. 37:53

    In first name of 26, A Vachon, And David together, they spy solve. And abishai says come Lord, let us kill him. I’ll put a spear through him. I won’t even have to stab him twice. And David says Yahweh forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against you always anointed and what abishai learns that day. Is that God will take care of you always anointed whether for good or for evil and I can picture abishai running into the battle against the giant protecting yahweh’s anointed themselves and screaming the word. Yahweh forbid that you should stretch forth your hand against you always annoyed when it’s David’s turn. Die, he’ll die.

83. 38:43

    But not by your hand Giant And abishai kills a giant. And then after this David’s men having been so close to losing their King. Whom they idolize were told insisted that he never go to battle again and this is David’s, final battle. Against ich liebe knob.

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    You see, brothers and sisters. Giants were the bookends to David’s battles. The first he fought in first Samuel 17 and his last battle second statement 21.

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    When people say thou shalt go, no more with us to battle that they’ll quench. Not the light of Israel. And the mighty Giant Slayer himself.

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    In this chapter, you won’t slay any more Giants. But everyone who works for him does. We see 43, other Giants. We cease F in verse 18. We see La me in verse 18, if you connect it with the equal account in first Chronicles 20, and we see finally, the twenty four digit giant whose unnamed, but slain by David’s nephew and it says, in verse 22, 22, these four were born to the Giant and Gaff the ref a game, and gas and fell by the hand of David.

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    And by the hand of his servants, David didn’t kill any of those four, but his examples did And brothers and sisters. Second segment. 21 is the end of the Giants. No more Giants will approach before the children of Israel. their test of physical Giants is complete, and it’s so poetic,

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    but the Servants of David are the ones who handle it. Ever since Genesis chapter 6, Giants have been roaming the Earth threatening, the followers of God, what we’ve seen is that while they were tall, they are feeble. While they are Mighty, they are meant to fall in first. Samuel 17 story of Goliath that says he fell.

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    On his face. Giants are meant to fall. It wasn’t until after he was dead in his head was removed. He was referred to as a champion.

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    What it was. But Giants are meant to fall. All Giants are great and scary and daunting. Our God is greater in every aspect. Don’t have time to go through too much more. We do not have time to go through our note card, maybe tomorrow. But I’d like to read for you. A song. In which David’s mind was on his victories with Goliath. So short Psalm, Psalm 8. if you ever need, A pep, talk from scripture on how to beat your giant. Soul mates.

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    A perfect one. Oh Yahweh our Lord. How excellent is thy name in all the Earth? Who has set thy Glory above the heavens? Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast, thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the Avenger, when I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou Hast ordained. What is man, that thou art mindful of him and the son of man, that that was visited him.

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    That was made him a little lower than the angels and is crowned him with Glory and Honor. They made us him to have dominion over the works of the hands of thy hands. That was put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen. Yeah, and the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air, and efficiency and whatsoever, passes through the paths of the sea. Oh, Yahweh our Lord.

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    How excellent is thy name in all of the Earth? I would now like us if we would to conclude our session this morning with singing These familiar words of Psalm 8. They’re laid out beautifully for us in him five.

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    These words were written by a giant slayer himself. There were days that I meant to Humble ourselves and Elevate the excellent name of our father. So from one giant slayer to us, Him five afterwards, you may remain standing for a closing word of prayer with her brother. Luke Colby, from the book wrote Ecclesia to close in prayer and to give, thanks for lunch.

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    Him five. Verse 4 O Lord. How excellent is Thy Name? How manifold are thy ways? Let’s time. They saving truth, Proclaim eternity by Praise Him. Five.

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    Dear heavenly father. How great is your name in all the Earth we come before you at this time. Thankful for the time we’ve been able to spend this morning in consideration of your words of truth. We pray that you had helped to give us the strength, help us to know how we can identify the issues in our life that need to be thrown down. We pray for your guidance and your strength. Help us not to be overcome by sin, but to know how we can put our trust in you that only through your guidance and through your strength, we might be able to overcome the sin that so easily besets us.

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    We pray for your guidance. Helped to give us a vision of that future day to come to be watching and waiting. Or the return of your son. We pray for that day to be soon. That day when we will be working alongside your angels.

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    To fill the Earth with your glory as the waters. Cover the sea. We thank you. Now for the mini continual blessings, you provide for us for the food that has been provided. We know that all blessings come from your open hand. Be with us this day, we pray, help us to strengthen and encourage each other. On our walk, towards your kingdom, as we ask these things, now in your son’s name the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.