Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 386.<\/p>\n
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\nBefore this third class.
\nAnd the reading that we’re going<\/p>\n
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\nto do for this third class is
\nfrom First Samuel chapter 16. <\/p>\n
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\nSo First Samuel chapter 16.
\nAnd the Lord said unto Samuel, <\/p>\n
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\nHow long will that mourn for
\nSaul, seeing I’ve rejected him <\/p>\n
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\nfrom reigning over Israel?
\nFill thine horn with This is the<\/p>\n
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\nWatch and Lake Bible School
\n2025, our speaker’s brother <\/p>\n
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\nDavid Wisniewski.
\nHis series this week is <\/p>\n
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\ndeveloping spiritual
\nintelligence from the lives of <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan and David.
\nThis is Class 2 discernment and <\/p>\n
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\nthe reading for this class was
\nFirst Samuel chapter 16 for the <\/p>\n
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\nDavid.
\nGood morning again. <\/p>\n
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\nI trust you’re all warm.
\nWell, we’ve got a very familiar <\/p>\n
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\nsection of Scripture before us
\nthis morning, Probably one of <\/p>\n
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\nthe most familiar stories in all
\nof the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nThe story of David and Goliath
\nis of course known to most <\/p>\n
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\npeople in even the business
\ncommunity in this world that <\/p>\n
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\nwhether they believe in God or
\nnot, they’re familiar with the <\/p>\n
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\nstory.
\nBut let’s take a look into this <\/p>\n
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\nto understand some of the
\nprinciples as it relates <\/p>\n
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\ndeveloping spiritual
\ndiscernment. <\/p>\n
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\nThe word discernment means to
\nsee and understand the <\/p>\n
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\ndifference, to see and
\nunderstand the difference. <\/p>\n
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\nOur discernment or spiritual
\ndiscernment was a gift from God <\/p>\n
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\nthat was granted to all of
\nmankind, all human beings in the<\/p>\n
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\nGarden of Eden because Genesis
\none verse 26, it says that we <\/p>\n
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\nwere created in God’s image and
\nhis likeness. <\/p>\n
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\nThose are the two qualities that
\nseparate human beings from the <\/p>\n
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\nanimal Kingdom.
\nAnd when those two qualities are<\/p>\n
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\nmissing, God looks upon man and
\nhe sees well, a beast like David<\/p>\n
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\nwill see when we come to first
\nSamuel chapter 17. <\/p>\n
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\nGod saved him from the paw of a
\nlion, the paw of a bear, and he <\/p>\n
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\nwould save him from the paw of
\nthis Philistine. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says hand, but no doubt it
\nwas the paw of a Philistine. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was another beast.
\nSo this is a blessing, a gift <\/p>\n
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\nthat God has given us.
\nAnd we feed discernment, the <\/p>\n
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\nability to choose between right
\nand wrong by putting spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nthings into our mind.
\nSpiritual discernment is the <\/p>\n
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\nability to see things for what
\nthey truly are. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that was this young man,
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
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\nThere are 5 introductions to
\nDavid in the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nSorry, there are 4 introductions
\nDavid in the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nBefore we get that we wanted to
\nfind his name. <\/p>\n
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\nHis name means beloved.
\nIt was interesting. <\/p>\n
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\nSo often when I think about
\nDavid and his name meaning <\/p>\n
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\nbeloved, my mind of course goes
\nto the Lord Jesus Christ, who is<\/p>\n
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\nthe beloved.
\nWe saw in one of the prophecies <\/p>\n
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\nthat brother Roger took us this
\nmorning that in fact it it talks<\/p>\n
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\nabout Christ as being the
\nbeloved who will sit on the <\/p>\n
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\nthrone and the Kingdom.
\nIt’s there in Ezekiel 36 as <\/p>\n
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\nwell.
\nIn Ezekiel 37, it says David, <\/p>\n
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\ntheir Prince shall rule over
\nIsrael and Judah united in that <\/p>\n
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\nday.
\nAnd it’s not David, it’s the <\/p>\n
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\nbeloved, the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd so often our mind goes to <\/p>\n
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\nChrist and we think of the
\nmeaning of David’s name. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it was interesting to trace
\nthrough the record the number of<\/p>\n
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\ntimes it talks about people
\nloving David. <\/p>\n
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\nSaul loved David greatly and
\nmade him his armor bearer. <\/p>\n
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\nOur president just read.
\nJonathan loved David as his own <\/p>\n
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\nsoul.
\nAll Israel and Judah love David <\/p>\n
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\nbecause he went in and went out
\nand came in before them. <\/p>\n
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\nMichael, the daughter of Saul,
\nlove David and in our Bible <\/p>\n
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\nreading yesterday, Hiram, king
\nof Tyre always loved David. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was a lovable person, not
\nbecause of the physical <\/p>\n
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\nappearance, though he had it.
\nHe was a lovable person because <\/p>\n
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\nof the heart that he had and no
\ndoubt was beloved of God, for he<\/p>\n
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\nhad a heart after God’s own
\nheart. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the first introduction to
\nDavid in First Samuel 13 verse <\/p>\n
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\n14.
\nHe’s not on the record, he’s <\/p>\n
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\njust not named, but he’s
\nreferred to by Samuel when the <\/p>\n
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\nkingship is removed from Saul
\nfor his impetuous action and <\/p>\n
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\noffering the sacrifices and not
\nwaiting through the end of that <\/p>\n
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\nseventh day as we read.
\nAnd there Samuel introduces the <\/p>\n
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\nnext king as someone that has
\nYahweh’s heart. <\/p>\n
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\nThen there’s the introduction to
\nthe family in First Samuel 16, <\/p>\n
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\nas we just read, and there the
\nfamily doesn’t even consider him<\/p>\n
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\nfeast when Samuel comes into the<\/p>\n
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\ntown, ah, he’s not going to be
\ninterested in seeing David. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll leave him out with the
\nsheep. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid never forgot the events
\nthat transpire in this chapter, <\/p>\n
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\nas we’ll see momentarily.
\nAnd then we have another <\/p>\n
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\nintroduction to David in First
\nSamuel 16. <\/p>\n
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\nQuite a contrast to the
\nintroduction that’s made by the <\/p>\n
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\nfamily of David, and that’s an
\nunnamed servant of Saul. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we see it there in verse 18
\nof chapter 16. <\/p>\n
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\nBehold, I have seen a son of
\nJesse, the Bethlehemite, that is<\/p>\n
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\ncunning and playing, a mighty or
\nvaliant man of war, a man of <\/p>\n
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\nwars, the third prudent in
\nmatters, a comely person, and <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh is with him.
\nThink about that introduction, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nThis was a young man, probably <\/p>\n
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\nabout 16 years old.
\nHe’s cunning and playing, IE, he<\/p>\n
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\nhad been playing the Psalms,
\nmany of which we have recorded <\/p>\n
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\nfor us in the Word.
\nHe’d been playing them publicly.<\/p>\n
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\nPeople had heard his playing.
\nHe was a valiant man, a man of <\/p>\n
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\nwar.
\nHe was prudent in speech. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh is with him at 16 years <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then finally, he’s <\/p>\n
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\nintroduced to all of Israel in
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\nhero of the nation in defeating
\nGoliath. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, in the chapter we’ve
\nskipped over because we’ll <\/p>\n
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\nconsider it tomorrow in our
\nclass when we consider honor in <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 15, Saul was now
\nrejected as being king. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember previously we said that
\nthe kingship had been removed <\/p>\n
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\nand that it, after the kingship
\nwas removed by Samuel, for the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst time, Jonathan is put into
\ncontext, Jonathan the Prince, <\/p>\n
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\nthe heir to the throne, the one
\nwho would no longer ascend to <\/p>\n
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\nimpetuous actions. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Saul now in chapter 15,
\nhimself is rejected as king <\/p>\n
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\nbecause of his disobedience as
\nit relates to the children of <\/p>\n
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\nAmicus.
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\ntomorrow.
\nAnd now Samuel comes by God’s <\/p>\n
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\ninstruction down to Bethlehem,
\nwhere God has told him that in <\/p>\n
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\nthe family of Jesse he’ll find
\nthe future king and he’s to <\/p>\n
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\nanoint him.
\nAnd Samuel gets in front of a <\/p>\n
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\nlie of the oldest of the
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if Jonathan was a comely
\nperson and and had nice eyes and<\/p>\n
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\nwas tall, we know he’s tall
\nbecause Saul offers him his <\/p>\n
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\narmor.
\nAnd Saul was head and shoulders <\/p>\n
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\nSo David had to have been taller<\/p>\n
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\nof stature certainly than I am.
\nAnd so a lie of the first born <\/p>\n
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\nstands before Samuel and Samuel
\nlooks at this handsome young <\/p>\n
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\nman.
\nHe’s been instructed by God to <\/p>\n
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\ncome and he says surely this is
\nthe always anointed standing <\/p>\n
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\nbefore him.
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\nGod.
\nAnd God says look not on his <\/p>\n
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\ncountenance or the height of his
\nstature. <\/p>\n
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\nI have refused him.
\nHow humiliating for a Liab who <\/p>\n
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\nno doubt had spent time making
\nsure that this was pleasing, <\/p>\n
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\nmaking sure that the hair was
\nnice, making sure that the <\/p>\n
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\nshoulders and the forearms and
\nthe biceps and the hectoral <\/p>\n
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\nmuscles and the all the other
\nones were nice and big. <\/p>\n
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\nThis towering man, handsome guy,
\nstood before Samuel. <\/p>\n
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\nGod says no, this is not the
\nman, because I don’t see any of <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nWhen I look at people, I see <\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nWhat a sobering thought, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nAnd I think the lesson is that <\/p>\n
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\nas much time we spend looking in
\nthe mirror, preparing ourselves <\/p>\n
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\nfor the day, for this, we should
\nbe spending at least that much <\/p>\n
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\ntime looking at a mirror that
\npoints into our heart to <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand our desires, our
\nmotivations, and our character. <\/p>\n
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\nTo see if it’s a reflection, Not
\nthat reflection we see in the <\/p>\n
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\nmirror, but a reflection of our
\nLord and to whose name we were <\/p>\n
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\nbaptized, A reflection of God.
\nIt’s a scary thought, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nGod doesn’t see what everyone
\nelse sees when he looks at us. <\/p>\n
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\nSee straight through to the
\nheart, straight through to the <\/p>\n
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\nheart.
\nAnd so we need to, as David did,<\/p>\n
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\nPsalm one O 1, we won’t have
\ntime to look at. <\/p>\n
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\nBut before someone I want,
\nbefore David comes to the <\/p>\n
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\nthrone, he reflects on what type
\nof influences he wants in his <\/p>\n
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\nlife.
\nWho am I going to hang around <\/p>\n
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\nwith?
\nIt’s going to strengthen my <\/p>\n
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\nability to reflect God as I rule
\nover his Kingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat am I going to listen to?
\nWhat are the influences in my <\/p>\n
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\nlife going to be?
\nWhat am I going to watch? <\/p>\n
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\nHow am I going to spend my time?
\nAre all these things going to <\/p>\n
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\nget me into the Kingdom?
\nWell, we know one thing will is <\/p>\n
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\nthe Ephesians 5 verse 26 tells
\nus that we need to be washed by <\/p>\n
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\nthe Word so that we can be with
\nour Lord when He returns. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd gladly, rejoicingly, all of
\nus here and all of the young <\/p>\n
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\npeople that are here this week
\nhave made that choice to be <\/p>\n
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\nwashed by the water of the Word.
\nSo great job. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when you look in the mirror
\nlater today to see if things are<\/p>\n
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\nall things are right before you
\nhad to lunch or dinner, whatever<\/p>\n
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\nit is, give yourself a pat on
\nthe back ’cause you chose this <\/p>\n
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\nweek to be washed by the water
\nof the Word. <\/p>\n
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\nThose were the choices that
\nDavid made every day. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jesse comes before Samuel
\nwith his seven sons and Samuel <\/p>\n
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\nstands before Eliab and God says
\nI’ve not chosen him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he, he goes to the next and
\nGod says I’ve not chosen him and<\/p>\n
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\nhe stands before the next and
\nI’ve not chosen him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd before the 4th I’ve not
\nchosen him. <\/p>\n
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\nNot the 5th, not the 6th, not
\nthe 7th. <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel’s like, hey, God didn’t
\ndidn’t you send me to Jesse? <\/p>\n
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\nDid I get the name right?
\nDid I get the town right? <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve just been before his seven
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\none you’ve anointed.
\nHow can this be? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so perplexity turns to Jesse
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\nthink you’d want to see him the
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\nsheep.
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\nSamuel sent, or Jesse sent, and
\nbrought David in. <\/p>\n
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\nNow he was ready, and with all
\nof a beautiful countenance, and <\/p>\n
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\ngoodly to look upon, which God
\ncared none of. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he always said, Arise,
\nanoint him, for this is he. <\/p>\n
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\nThen Samuel took the horn of
\noil, and anointed him in the <\/p>\n
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\nmidst of his brethren.
\nAnd the Spirit of the Lord came <\/p>\n
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\nupon David from that day
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\nSo Samuel rose up and went to
\nRhema. <\/p>\n
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\nI said earlier that David never
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\nlater on in life at verses 6 and
\nseven. <\/p>\n
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\nRead Thy throne, O God, is
\nforever and ever. <\/p>\n
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\nThe scepter of thy Kingdom is a
\nright scepter. <\/p>\n
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\nThou lovest righteousness and
\nhatist wickedness, therefore <\/p>\n
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\nGod, thy God hath anointed thee
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\nObviously pointing forward to <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, but in
\nits first application pointed <\/p>\n
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\nback to David’s anointing in the
\nmidst of his brethren in First <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 28.
\nWe know the time frame at the <\/p>\n
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\nend of First Chronicles.
\nDavid is preparing mightily for <\/p>\n
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\nthe building of the temple by
\nhis son Solomon, which we’ll <\/p>\n
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\nconsider in our last class, God
\nwilling, and in the context of <\/p>\n
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\nthe end of his life, preparing
\nfor the temple that his son is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to build, he writes.
\nHowbeit, the Lord God of Israel <\/p>\n
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\nchose me before all the House of
\nmy father, to be king over <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael forever.
\nHe never forgot that moment. <\/p>\n
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\nBut consider for a moment,
\nbrothers and sisters, the Psalm <\/p>\n
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\nbefore us on the screen.
\nConsider the spirit of Jonathan <\/p>\n
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\nthat comes out in the words of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
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\nNow David no doubt had heard of
\nJonathan, this hero in Israel <\/p>\n
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\nthat was willing to take on the
\nPhilistines by himself with only<\/p>\n
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\nBut they wouldn’t have met at <\/p>\n
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\nthis point in time.
\nThe first meeting’s going to be <\/p>\n
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\nin First Samuel 16 after verse
\n18, when Jonathan, standing by <\/p>\n
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\nhis father’s side, hears this.
\nIntriguing introduction. <\/p>\n
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\nIntriguing introduction because
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\npondering how it would come to
\npass that he would not ascend to<\/p>\n
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\nthe throne.
\nHe no doubt had heard that <\/p>\n
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\nthat he would not come to the
\nthrone? <\/p>\n
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\nSomething needed to happen and
\nnow we have this incredible <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the first time Jonathan <\/p>\n
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\nwill meet David when he comes
\ninto the court of Saul. <\/p>\n
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\nBut consider the spirit of
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\nThy throne, O God, who was <\/p>\n
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\nanointed with the oil of
\ngladness at the end of verse <\/p>\n
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\nhe goes on to talk about God’s
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\nFor thou lovest righteousness
\nand hatist wickedness. <\/p>\n
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\nThe order is extremely
\nimportant, brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n
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\nIt doesn’t say that thou hatest
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\nrighteousness.
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\nspend all of their time in
\necclesial life trying to root <\/p>\n
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\nout wickedness.
\nAnd when you spend your time in <\/p>\n
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\necclesial life trying to root
\nout wickedness, where are you <\/p>\n
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\nlooking?
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\nthat points back into the heart
\nand assessing where your heart <\/p>\n
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\nbecause they’re diametrically <\/p>\n
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\nopposed.
\nBut first and foremost, the more<\/p>\n
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\ntime, brothers and sisters, we
\ntry to love righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is loving what is right and
\nstraight with God. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is loving God’s character.
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\nthat glorieth glory in this,
\nthat he understandeth and <\/p>\n
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\nknoweth me, that I am Yahweh,
\nwhich exerciseth loving <\/p>\n
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\nkindness, judgment and
\nrighteousness in the earth. <\/p>\n
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\nFor in these things I delight
\nsayeth the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nseeking to understand what is
\nright before God and seeking to <\/p>\n
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\nadopt God’s love of
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\nbecomes our focus, naturally we
\nbegin to hate wickedness. <\/p>\n
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\nBut where do we hate it first?
\nWell, in our own lives, see, <\/p>\n
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\nwhen when our focus is loving
\nrighteousness, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nlives, we’re in a position to <\/p>\n
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\ntry to work out wickedness from <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that we’ve had to work out <\/p>\n
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\ntrembling, and that we’ve had to<\/p>\n
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\ncan’t get rid of. <\/p>\n
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\na position to go help others <\/p>\n
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\nrather than standing on a
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\nWhat we see in the Psalm that <\/p>\n
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\nglory, not just by acknowledging<\/p>\n
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\nacknowledging God’s character <\/p>\n
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\nput on himself. <\/p>\n
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\nsisters for glory for ourselves,<\/p>\n
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\nIt does not develop spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nintelligence.
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\nOne of the things that David <\/p>\n
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\nin his life was to love the <\/p>\n
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\nwere contained in the law above <\/p>\n
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\nWe know this because it was <\/p>\n
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\nbased on the principles of the
\nlaw that David will later, as we<\/p>\n
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\nappeal to God for forgiveness. <\/p>\n
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\nthe letter of the law. <\/p>\n
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\nto forgive was bound up in His <\/p>\n
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\nthe principles of the law above <\/p>\n
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\nmoved the ark to Jerusalem and <\/p>\n
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\ncourt of the Gentiles, that kept<\/p>\n
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\nworshiping before the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\ninstructions in Exodus or <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet David established a <\/p>\n
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\ntemple that will be built when <\/p>\n
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\nafter the return of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nFor that temple is called the <\/p>\n
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\nSo David understood and lived by<\/p>\n
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\nthe law. <\/p>\n
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\nabout 16 or 17 years of age. <\/p>\n
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\nfrom Saul, and at this young <\/p>\n
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\nDavid have available to read? <\/p>\n
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\nfive books of the Bible? <\/p>\n
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\nRuth. <\/p>\n
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\nhad the oral traditions of Ruth <\/p>\n
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\nbeing his own great grandmother.
\nAnd so here’s a young man who <\/p>\n
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\nbooks of the Bible available to <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s described as a man whom <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s described as a man that has<\/p>\n
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\na heart after God’s own heart.
\nHe’s described as a cunning man,<\/p>\n
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\na mighty valiant man, a prudent
\nand speech man, a comely person <\/p>\n
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\nchew on mentally, to meditate in<\/p>\n
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\nsilence upon the word of God.
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\nDavid. <\/p>\n
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\nday and night watching those
\nsheep, watching for the wolf, <\/p>\n
338
\n00:24:19,640 –> 00:24:23,880
\nfor the coyote, the Mountain
\nLion and the bear, watching to <\/p>\n
339
\n00:24:23,880 –> 00:24:30,520
\nkeep them safe as he sat there
\nby himself as the stars started <\/p>\n
340
\n00:24:30,520 –> 00:24:34,800
\nto show in the night sky.
\nAnd so we read in Psalm 8, which<\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:34,800 –> 00:24:38,120
\nwe know as a Psalm he wrote
\nafter Goliath, at least pended <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:38,120 –> 00:24:42,520
\nafter Burt Goliath, but gives us
\ninsight to where his mind was as<\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:42,520 –> 00:24:46,240
\nhe was a shepherd in the field.
\nO Lord our Lord, how excellent <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:46,240 –> 00:24:49,880
\nis thy name, and all the earth,
\nfor that who was set by glory <\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:49,880 –> 00:24:53,240
\nabove the heavens.
\nVerse three. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:53,240 –> 00:24:56,320
\nWho, when I consider thy
\nheavens, the work of Thy <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:56,320 –> 00:25:00,680
\nfingers, the moon, and the
\nstars, which Thou hast ordained,<\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:00,680 –> 00:25:03,080
\nwhat is man, that thou art
\nmindful of him? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:05,160 –> 00:25:10,240
\nAnd over a couple of pages to
\nPsalm 19 we read again. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:25:10,240 –> 00:25:14,000
\nThe heavens declare the glory of
\nGod, and the firmament showeth <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:14,000 –> 00:25:16,640
\nhis handiwork.
\nDay unto day, utterance, speech,<\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:16,880 –> 00:25:18,680
\nand night unto night showeth
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:18,680 –> 00:25:22,440
\nThere is no speech nor language
\nwhere their voice is not heard. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:24,040 –> 00:25:28,120
\nAnd so David, sitting amongst
\nthe sheep, out in nature, <\/p>\n
355
\n00:25:28,120 –> 00:25:32,640
\nwithout anyone around, spent
\ntime thinking about the word of <\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:32,640 –> 00:25:37,520
\nGod.
\nHow much time would David have <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:37,520 –> 00:25:43,360
\nhad to study the Bible and to
\nruminate on the Word of God as <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:43,360 –> 00:25:45,360
\nhe spent 10 years fleeing from
\nSaul? <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:47,040 –> 00:25:49,280
\nEven the time would have
\ndiminished as he was called into<\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:49,280 –> 00:25:51,960
\nSaul’s court and became the
\nKing’s armor bearer. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:52,840 –> 00:25:55,520
\nHow much time did David have to
\ndo Bible study once he became <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:55,520 –> 00:25:59,120
\nking over Israel?
\nThat wasn’t an 8 hour a day or a<\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:59,120 –> 00:26:01,520
\n40 hour week.
\nThat was seven days a week or at<\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:01,520 –> 00:26:04,800
\nleast six days a week.
\nJudging all of Israel. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:05,680 –> 00:26:10,760
\nThe foundation that David laid
\nas a young man became the basis <\/p>\n
366
\n00:26:11,240 –> 00:26:15,080
\nfor what he was able to do for
\nthe rest of his life. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:26:16,560 –> 00:26:21,160
\nIt was these early years that
\nwere his foundation and the <\/p>\n
368
\n00:26:21,160 –> 00:26:24,240
\nearly years that he capitalized
\non because we scarcely get the <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:24,240 –> 00:26:28,280
\nopportunity again to lay such a
\nstrong foundation. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:30,640 –> 00:26:33,560
\nAnd so he was able to develop
\nspiritual discernment. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:33,560 –> 00:26:36,040
\nNo doubt he spent time
\nunderstanding the laws of <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:36,040 –> 00:26:39,600
\nuncleanness because the whole
\npurpose of the laws of <\/p>\n
373
\n00:26:39,600 –> 00:26:44,520
\nuncleanness was to teach
\nspiritual discernment that you <\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:44,520 –> 00:26:47,680
\nmight discern between what is
\nclean and unclean. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:47,920 –> 00:26:50,360
\nNot the way the Pharisees
\nunderstood it, but the way <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:50,360 –> 00:26:53,440
\nChrist explained it.
\nThere’s nothing from without <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:53,440 –> 00:26:56,920
\nthat can defile a man but that
\nwhich comes from the heart. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:56,920 –> 00:27:02,080
\nClean and unclean.
\nWhat things distract us from our<\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:02,080 –> 00:27:10,840
\nfocus in working for God?
\nAnd now this man is called into <\/p>\n
380
\n00:27:10,840 –> 00:27:15,640
\nthe court of Saul to comfort
\nSaul for an evil of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:15,640 –> 00:27:18,080
\nLord, evil Spirit of the Lord
\nhas come upon him. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:27:19,320 –> 00:27:22,640
\nAnd now this young man who had
\nbeen trained by God to be a <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:22,640 –> 00:27:27,800
\nleader, a shepherd in the field.
\nJust as God instructed Moses for<\/p>\n
384
\n00:27:27,800 –> 00:27:31,360
\n40 years by sending him out into
\nthe wilderness to be a shepherd <\/p>\n
385
\n00:27:31,360 –> 00:27:34,520
\nfirst before he would lead
\nIsrael through the wilderness, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:27:35,560 –> 00:27:39,920
\nso God had instructed David as a
\nshepherd now brings him right <\/p>\n
387
\n00:27:40,120 –> 00:27:44,400
\ninto the court of the king.
\nAnd as emissary. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:27:44,400 –> 00:27:46,520
\nSome other nations pass by the
\nthrone. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:46,760 –> 00:27:49,840
\nAs Saul is sitting there,
\nDavid’s at his right side and he<\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:49,840 –> 00:27:52,040
\ngets to see how the court is
\noperated. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:52,160 –> 00:27:55,960
\nHe gets to see how judgement is
\npassed as people in the nation <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:55,960 –> 00:27:59,200
\nbring their cases before Saul
\nand before the court of the <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:59,200 –> 00:28:01,760
\nking.
\nHe is able to see and he learns <\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:01,760 –> 00:28:06,240
\nhow to manage a Kingdom at this
\nyoung age by being brought into <\/p>\n
395
\n00:28:06,240 –> 00:28:12,600
\nthis position.
\nAnd we come to First Samuel 17. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:28:13,640 –> 00:28:16,880
\nWe know that David has been sent
\nback at this time. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:28:17,480 –> 00:28:21,480
\nWe see that at verse 15.
\nBut David went and returned from<\/p>\n
398
\n00:28:21,480 –> 00:28:24,800
\nSaul to feed his father’s sheep
\nat Bethlehem. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:28:26,680 –> 00:28:30,760
\nSo David is not there when the
\ngiant first presents himself. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:36,080
\nBut there is a question that
\nbegs to be asked, is there not? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:38,640 –> 00:28:48,160
\nAs this guy stands before Israel
\nand yells day by day, why are <\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:48,160 –> 00:28:50,520
\nyou come out to set your battle
\nin array? <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:50,840 –> 00:28:55,120
\nAm I not a Philistine?
\nAnd ye servants of Saul choose <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:55,120 –> 00:28:57,680
\nyou a man for you, and let him
\ncome down to me. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:57,840 –> 00:29:01,880
\nIf he be able to fight with me
\nand to kill me, then we will be <\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:01,880 –> 00:29:05,200
\nyour servants.
\nBut if I prevail against him and<\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:05,200 –> 00:29:08,680
\nkill him, then shall ye be our
\nservants? <\/p>\n
408
\n00:29:09,040 –> 00:29:12,800
\nAnd the Philistine said, I defy
\nthe armies of Israel this day. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:29:13,120 –> 00:29:15,760
\nGive me a man that we may fight
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:29:16,880 –> 00:29:26,200
\nAnd he ranted for 40 days.
\nNow I can understand Saul, and I<\/p>\n
411
\n00:29:26,200 –> 00:29:31,280
\ncan understand all Israel being
\ndismayed and greatly afraid, as <\/p>\n
412
\n00:29:31,280 –> 00:29:35,640
\nit says in verse 11.
\nBut where’s Jonathan? <\/p>\n
413
\n00:29:38,640 –> 00:29:46,080
\nWell, remember that we’ve been
\ntold in the record in First <\/p>\n
414
\n00:29:46,080 –> 00:29:51,120
\nSamuel 14 how Jonathan operates.
\nAt verse eight of First Samuel <\/p>\n
415
\n00:29:51,120 –> 00:29:55,520
\n14, Jonathan said to the armor
\nbearer that was with him, look, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:29:55,920 –> 00:29:58,320
\nthis has been my prayer.
\nHe doesn’t say it was his <\/p>\n
417
\n00:29:58,320 –> 00:30:00,080
\nprayer, but it’s clear that it
\nwas. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:00,880 –> 00:30:04,160
\nIf we discover ourselves to when
\nwe discover ourselves to the <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:04,160 –> 00:30:08,760
\nPhilistines, and if they say to
\nus stand and wait for it’s not <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:08,760 –> 00:30:11,800
\nour time to go and attack them.
\nBut if they say to us come up <\/p>\n
421
\n00:30:11,800 –> 00:30:15,880
\nunto us, then we know that
\nYahweh has delivered them into <\/p>\n
422
\n00:30:15,880 –> 00:30:20,880
\nthe hand of Israel.
\nSo Jonathan, before he goes into<\/p>\n
423
\n00:30:20,880 –> 00:30:24,600
\nbattle, prays to God for a sign.
\nShould I go up? <\/p>\n
424
\n00:30:26,000 –> 00:30:30,040
\nAnd although it’s not recorded,
\nwe can be confident brothers and<\/p>\n
425
\n00:30:30,040 –> 00:30:37,440
\nsisters, that Jonathan prayed
\nfor a sign when on day one when <\/p>\n
426
\n00:30:37,440 –> 00:30:40,200
\nthis guy came out.
\nWho cares about a nine foot <\/p>\n
427
\n00:30:40,200 –> 00:30:43,760
\nsoldier when he was willing to
\ntake on hundreds of thousands of<\/p>\n
428
\n00:30:43,760 –> 00:30:46,640
\nPhilistines after climbing the
\nCliff? <\/p>\n
429
\n00:30:47,480 –> 00:30:51,720
\nWhat is 1 tall man when you have
\nthat perspective? <\/p>\n
430
\n00:30:51,720 –> 00:30:58,280
\nNothing.
\nBut God said no, like Jonathan <\/p>\n
431
\n00:30:58,280 –> 00:31:01,960
\nmight have prayed again.
\nAre you sure I can’t go kill <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:01,960 –> 00:31:05,080
\nthis Philistine?
\nAnd God says no. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:07,200 –> 00:31:10,360
\nAnd perhaps he prayed again.
\nCan I please go kill this <\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:10,360 –> 00:31:13,760
\nPhilistine who’s dismaying all
\nof Israel and made Israel <\/p>\n
435
\n00:31:13,760 –> 00:31:15,560
\ngreatly afraid?
\nAnd God says no. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:31:17,400 –> 00:31:20,800
\nAnd then we go back to the
\ndinner table, and there’s <\/p>\n
437
\n00:31:20,800 –> 00:31:22,800
\nJonathan sitting across from his
\ndad. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:31:23,520 –> 00:31:27,840
\nHey, dad, remember the reason
\nIsrael wanted a king? <\/p>\n
439
\n00:31:28,720 –> 00:31:33,160
\nThey wanted somebody who would
\nlead them into battle. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:31:34,400 –> 00:31:36,200
\nThere’s just one guy out there,
\nDad. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:31:36,200 –> 00:31:38,880
\nYou’re head and shoulders above
\nmost of the people. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:31:38,880 –> 00:31:40,600
\nYou’ve got a sword.
\nI’ve got a sword. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:31:40,680 –> 00:31:42,360
\nWhere they go, You know what?
\nI’ll join you. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:31:42,960 –> 00:31:44,640
\nHow about we go take them
\ntogether, Dad? <\/p>\n
445
\n00:31:45,920 –> 00:31:48,720
\nAnd Dad is dismayed and greatly
\nafraid. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:31:49,720 –> 00:31:54,520
\nAnd no matter how much prompting
\nand how much urging, all Saul <\/p>\n
447
\n00:31:54,520 –> 00:32:02,440
\ndoes in verse 25 we read is
\noffer a reward for anyone <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:02,440 –> 00:32:10,040
\nwilling to kill the giant.
\nThe man that killeth him, the <\/p>\n
449
\n00:32:10,040 –> 00:32:13,720
\nking will enrich him with great
\nriches and give him his daughter<\/p>\n
450
\n00:32:14,040 –> 00:32:16,440
\nand make his father’s house free
\nin Israel. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:32:18,600 –> 00:32:22,560
\nYou know, when David killed the
\ngiant, God or Saul rather did <\/p>\n
452
\n00:32:22,560 –> 00:32:27,880
\nnot enrich David and he didn’t
\ngive him his daughter to be his <\/p>\n
453
\n00:32:27,880 –> 00:32:31,560
\nwife, not at first anyways.
\nIt was after much urging, and he<\/p>\n
454
\n00:32:31,560 –> 00:32:33,760
\ndid not make his father’s house
\nfree in Israel. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:32:33,760 –> 00:32:40,760
\nHe was not a man of his word.
\nWe can picture this scene, can’t<\/p>\n
456
\n00:32:40,760 –> 00:32:43,760
\nwe?
\nThis giant in the valley and all<\/p>\n
457
\n00:32:43,760 –> 00:32:47,720
\nIsrael trembling.
\nOn one side is the armies of the<\/p>\n
458
\n00:32:47,720 –> 00:32:51,160
\nPhilistines, on the other side
\nis the army of Israel. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:32:51,160 –> 00:32:55,680
\nAnd there’s this big ball of
\nflesh in the middle. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:57,880 –> 00:33:01,120
\nWe’re given at the beginning of
\nFirst Samuel 17 a bunch of names<\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:01,120 –> 00:33:03,520
\nthat says, now the Philistines
\ngathered together their armies <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:03,520 –> 00:33:07,080
\nto to battle and were gathered
\ntogether at Shoko, which <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:07,080 –> 00:33:10,240
\nbelongeth to Judah, and pitched
\nbetween Shoko and Ezeka. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:33:10,240 –> 00:33:14,600
\nAnd Efaz Damim and Saul and the
\nmen of Israel were pitched <\/p>\n
465
\n00:33:14,600 –> 00:33:18,920
\ntogether and pitched by the
\nValley of Elah and set the <\/p>\n
466
\n00:33:18,920 –> 00:33:21,920
\nbattle in array against the
\nPhilistines. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:33:23,160 –> 00:33:25,600
\nAnd so when we’re given a bunch
\nof names, I like to look up the <\/p>\n
468
\n00:33:25,600 –> 00:33:28,840
\ndefinitions of those words.
\nAnd we see there that the word <\/p>\n
469
\n00:33:29,120 –> 00:33:31,040
\nPhilistine means to be an
\nimmigrant. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:33:31,040 –> 00:33:36,000
\nAnd it comes from a word meaning
\nto roll about in the dust and in<\/p>\n
471
\n00:33:36,000 –> 00:33:39,280
\nashes.
\nWell, that’s interesting. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:33:39,280 –> 00:33:47,000
\nWhat creature rolls about or
\nslithers about in the dust? <\/p>\n
473
\n00:33:47,640 –> 00:33:53,080
\nWhy a serpent does Shoko means
\nbushy and it’s used in Hosea <\/p>\n
474
\n00:33:53,080 –> 00:33:58,360
\nchapter 2 verse 6 of God who
\nwould hedge up thorns in <\/p>\n
475
\n00:33:58,360 –> 00:34:03,200
\nIsrael’s way to bring them back
\nto Him. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:34:04,000 –> 00:34:08,480
\nSpeaking of the second Exodus,
\nwhen God will finally bring <\/p>\n
477
\n00:34:08,480 –> 00:34:11,760
\nIsrael back into the land as our
\nbrother Roger’s looking at in <\/p>\n
478
\n00:34:11,760 –> 00:34:18,239
\nfirst class, Azika means dug
\nover and it’s translated to <\/p>\n
479
\n00:34:18,239 –> 00:34:21,040
\nfence.
\nAnd Isaiah 5 it’s used to speak <\/p>\n
480
\n00:34:21,040 –> 00:34:22,880
\nabout God’s care for his
\nvineyard. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:34:23,239 –> 00:34:27,400
\nEphesh de Meme is the edge of
\nthe sword, literally the <\/p>\n
482
\n00:34:27,440 –> 00:34:31,040
\nshedding of the ceasing of
\nbloodshed, which is what the <\/p>\n
483
\n00:34:31,040 –> 00:34:35,920
\nLord Jesus Christ would
\ntypically do in this chapter <\/p>\n
484
\n00:34:35,920 –> 00:34:40,760
\nwhen this man of flesh, the
\nserpent in the flesh, stands up <\/p>\n
485
\n00:34:40,760 –> 00:34:44,080
\nagainst a champion who is
\nbeloved and has the heart of <\/p>\n
486
\n00:34:44,080 –> 00:34:46,480
\nGod.
\nAnd finally, Goliath’s name <\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:46,480 –> 00:34:50,639
\nmeans splendor uncovered or
\nexposed. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:34:52,239 –> 00:34:55,320
\nAnd then we’re given 6 verses to
\ndescribe this man. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:34:55,320 –> 00:34:59,160
\nAnd we might ask ourselves,
\nwell, why do we? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:59,160 –> 00:35:04,320
\nWhy are we given such a detailed
\ndescription of Goliath? <\/p>\n
491
\n00:35:05,520 –> 00:35:07,760
\nAnd I believe there’s 2 answers
\nto why we’re given this <\/p>\n
492
\n00:35:07,760 –> 00:35:13,400
\ndescription.
\nFirst, it’s to tell us what <\/p>\n
493
\n00:35:13,760 –> 00:35:21,320
\nIsrael saw.
\nIt’s to tell us what a man or a <\/p>\n
494
\n00:35:21,320 –> 00:35:26,440
\nwoman without spiritual
\ndiscernment sees. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:35:26,440 –> 00:35:31,240
\nWhen they look at a giant, they
\nsee something that is <\/p>\n
496
\n00:35:31,320 –> 00:35:39,360
\ninsurmountable.
\nIt’s not what David saw when he <\/p>\n
497
\n00:35:39,360 –> 00:35:42,240
\nlooked at a giant.
\nWhat did David see when he <\/p>\n
498
\n00:35:42,240 –> 00:35:45,080
\nlooked at the giant?
\nVerse 26 What shall be done? <\/p>\n
499
\n00:35:45,080 –> 00:35:47,960
\nDavid asks in a question.
\nWhat shall be done to the man <\/p>\n
500
\n00:35:47,960 –> 00:35:51,440
\nthat killeth this Philistine,
\nthat takes away the reproach of <\/p>\n
501
\n00:35:51,440 –> 00:35:55,120
\nIsrael?
\nHe’s a reproach for who is this <\/p>\n
502
\n00:35:55,320 –> 00:35:59,760
\nuncircumcised Philistine?
\nHe’s uncircumcised, not the seed<\/p>\n
503
\n00:35:59,760 –> 00:36:02,200
\nof Abraham.
\nThis land was not promised to <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:02,200 –> 00:36:05,520
\nhim.
\nIt was promised to us and to our<\/p>\n
505
\n00:36:05,520 –> 00:36:09,840
\nfathers that he should defy the
\narmies of Israel. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:09,840 –> 00:36:13,200
\nNo, the armies of God.
\nThis man’s a reproach. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:36:13,360 –> 00:36:17,120
\nHe’s uncircumcised and he’s
\ndefied the armies of God. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:36:17,480 –> 00:36:25,240
\nThat’s how David saw Goliath.
\nBut Israel, they saw a nine foot<\/p>\n
509
\n00:36:25,240 –> 00:36:30,840
\nman towering over them.
\nThey saw a helmet of brass. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:36:31,400 –> 00:36:34,600
\nThey saw a coat of males that
\nweighed over 110 lbs. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:36:34,760 –> 00:36:37,800
\nThey saw brass armor on his
\nlegs, a javelin between the <\/p>\n
512
\n00:36:37,800 –> 00:36:44,280
\nshoulders, a spear and a shield.
\nYou know that’s not the whole <\/p>\n
513
\n00:36:44,280 –> 00:36:51,720
\narmor of Goliath, because when
\nDavid kills Goliath in just a <\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:51,720 –> 00:36:57,080
\nfew verses, he goes and grabs
\nhis sword. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:58,480 –> 00:37:04,120
\nNot listed.
\nSo why were just six items <\/p>\n
516
\n00:37:04,120 –> 00:37:07,880
\ngiven?
\nNo doubt it was to strengthen <\/p>\n
517
\n00:37:08,560 –> 00:37:13,800
\nthose of spiritual discernments,
\nunderstanding that this man <\/p>\n
518
\n00:37:13,800 –> 00:37:17,640
\nrepresented the flesh.
\nAnd when you looked on this <\/p>\n
519
\n00:37:17,640 –> 00:37:23,840
\ngiant towering man, the flesh,
\nyou saw brass, another symbol <\/p>\n
520
\n00:37:23,840 –> 00:37:27,120
\nfor the flesh.
\nAnd you know, brothers and <\/p>\n
521
\n00:37:27,120 –> 00:37:32,200
\nsisters, when we’re going
\nthrough trials, when we’re going<\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:32,200 –> 00:37:39,600
\nthrough temptation, when we
\nspend our time focusing on the 9<\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:39,600 –> 00:37:45,800
\nfeet, how tall that trial is,
\nwhen we spend our time focusing <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:45,800 –> 00:37:51,000
\non the brass, how fleshly those
\nthoughts are, do you know what <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:51,000 –> 00:37:55,520
\nhappens?
\nWell, what Uncle Bob taught us <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:55,520 –> 00:37:59,760
\nabout a pink elephant happens
\nwhen he said close your eyes and<\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:59,760 –> 00:38:01,080
\ndon’t think about a pink
\nelephant. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:01,080 –> 00:38:03,400
\nAnd of course, what do we do?
\nWe think about a pink elephant. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:38:04,480 –> 00:38:07,200
\nAnd when we tell ourselves don’t
\nthink about the sin that you’re <\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:07,200 –> 00:38:10,360
\ndoing, don’t think about the sin
\nthat you’ve done, don’t think <\/p>\n
531
\n00:38:10,360 –> 00:38:11,960
\nabout the sin, don’t think about
\nthe sin. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:38:11,960 –> 00:38:14,360
\nWhat are we thinking?
\nWhat is occupying our mind? <\/p>\n
533
\n00:38:14,720 –> 00:38:24,200
\nThe sin better is to turn our
\nback on the sin and to look at <\/p>\n
534
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:31,680
\nChrist who overcame sin Better
\nis to turn our back on the sin <\/p>\n
535
\n00:38:32,040 –> 00:38:40,640
\nand to look at the Saint that we
\nwant to be justified by God’s <\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:40,640 –> 00:38:45,360
\ngrace, not because we earned it.
\nAnd you know what happens when <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:45,360 –> 00:38:47,840
\nwe look this way instead of that
\nway? <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:48,640 –> 00:38:52,280
\nWell, now we’re thinking about
\nthe characteristics of our Lord <\/p>\n
539
\n00:38:52,280 –> 00:38:55,400
\nand Master who we want to
\nreflect when we stand before Him<\/p>\n
540
\n00:38:55,400 –> 00:38:58,320
\nat his return.
\nAnd we’re not thinking about the<\/p>\n
541
\n00:38:58,320 –> 00:39:01,120
\nsin that we committed or the sin
\nthat we’re struggling with. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:03,000 –> 00:39:08,640
\nSo critical, brothers and
\nsisters, this next sentence I’m <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:08,640 –> 00:39:16,520
\nabout to say, we must live our
\nlives as the Saints we wish to <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:16,520 –> 00:39:21,280
\nbe rather than as recovering
\nsinners. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:22,720 –> 00:39:28,200
\nWe must live our lives as the
\nSaints that we wish to be, <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:29,640 –> 00:39:33,800
\nrather than as recovering
\nsinners. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:39:34,840 –> 00:39:39,760
\nCan you imagine an Olympic
\nathlete training his or her mind<\/p>\n
548
\n00:39:40,160 –> 00:39:44,160
\nto stand on the podium, thinking
\nabout the fact that I might tear<\/p>\n
549
\n00:39:44,160 –> 00:39:47,680
\nmy Achilles heel?
\nThinking about the fact that I <\/p>\n
550
\n00:39:47,680 –> 00:39:51,240
\nmight trip?
\nThinking about the fact that I’m<\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:51,240 –> 00:39:53,800
\ntoo hot or too cold.
\nNo, they’re, they’ve got, <\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:53,800 –> 00:39:55,160
\nthey’ve got their eye on the
\nprize. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:39:55,160 –> 00:39:58,440
\nThey’re thinking about them
\nrunning that race, jumping that <\/p>\n
554
\n00:39:58,440 –> 00:40:01,520
\njump the farthest, the fastest
\nthey’ve ever done. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:01,520 –> 00:40:05,000
\nThey’re picturing themselves
\nwinning the gold medal. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:07,040 –> 00:40:10,120
\nThat’s how it works.
\nBecause when we spend all of our<\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:10,120 –> 00:40:15,480
\ntime in this, well, that’s what
\nwe spend all our time doing. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:16,440 –> 00:40:21,040
\nAnd when we spend all of our
\ntime looking at that, well, that<\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:21,040 –> 00:40:26,440
\nthen becomes the model.
\nThe fashion, the guide for our <\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:26,440 –> 00:40:33,840
\ndaily lives.
\nSo much of this world has lost <\/p>\n
561
\n00:40:33,840 –> 00:40:36,480
\nhope.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
562
\n00:40:36,480 –> 00:40:40,440
\nBecause they say God is in all
\nof us and then they put their <\/p>\n
563
\n00:40:40,440 –> 00:40:44,120
\nhope in humanity.
\nIt’s called the doctrine of <\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:44,120 –> 00:40:48,400
\nhumanism.
\nIt’s why sitting in your home in<\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:48,480 –> 00:40:54,760
\nToronto or Kelowna or Brighton,
\nMI or Branford, you can read <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:54,760 –> 00:40:56,920
\nabout a woman who lost her cat
\nin chili. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:58,120 –> 00:41:00,720
\nWho cares about someone who lost
\ntheir cat in chili? <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:01,640 –> 00:41:05,400
\nWell, the world does because the
\nperson that’s suffering is the <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:05,400 –> 00:41:07,640
\ncenter of the world.
\nThey’re the God. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:08,800 –> 00:41:11,320
\nThe person is at the middle of
\neverything. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:41:12,160 –> 00:41:15,000
\nSo the world cares.
\nAnd that’s why all of our news <\/p>\n
572
\n00:41:15,000 –> 00:41:18,240
\nfocuses about the suffering of
\nindividuals, because the <\/p>\n
573
\n00:41:18,240 –> 00:41:23,120
\nindividual is the God, but not
\nfor us brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:41:25,320 –> 00:41:28,600
\nThose that have placed their
\nhope there are suffering <\/p>\n
575
\n00:41:28,600 –> 00:41:36,320
\ndepression at a mass level and
\ntaking prescription drugs at a <\/p>\n
576
\n00:41:36,320 –> 00:41:41,600
\nmass level and seeing therapists
\nand psychologists at a mass <\/p>\n
577
\n00:41:41,600 –> 00:41:43,600
\nlevel.
\nAnd it’s not that those things <\/p>\n
578
\n00:41:43,960 –> 00:41:49,240
\ndon’t have a place if there’s a
\nserious need, but it’s become an<\/p>\n
579
\n00:41:49,240 –> 00:41:56,680
\nepidemic because why people have
\nplaced their hope in man instead<\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:56,680 –> 00:42:02,040
\nof in God.
\nBut we we look forward to a <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:02,040 –> 00:42:06,960
\nbetter day.
\nWe look forward to the beloved <\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:07,200 –> 00:42:10,840
\nsitting on the throne of God
\nwith God’s scepter of <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:10,840 –> 00:42:14,560
\nrighteousness.
\nWe look forward to being with <\/p>\n
584
\n00:42:14,560 –> 00:42:20,440
\nthe one who loved righteousness
\nand therefore hated wickedness. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:42:22,800 –> 00:42:25,600
\nThe second reason we’re given
\nthese details about Goliath, the<\/p>\n
586
\n00:42:25,600 –> 00:42:29,200
\nfirst remember, was because
\nthat’s what Israel saw. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:42:29,600 –> 00:42:33,640
\nThe second reason was to tell
\nDavid and Jonathan. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:42:34,120 –> 00:42:36,200
\nBut Jonathan was told he
\ncouldn’t fight Goliath. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:42:36,680 –> 00:42:40,080
\nAt least that’s what I believe
\nto tell David. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:42:41,520 –> 00:42:43,320
\nThis is just another ball of
\nflesh. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:42:44,320 –> 00:42:45,680
\nYou’ve got nothing to worry
\nabout. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:42:46,560 –> 00:42:50,880
\nThis is God’s battle and he will
\novercome for you. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:42:53,360 –> 00:42:57,360
\nAnd so David saw the adversary
\nfor what it is. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:42:57,960 –> 00:43:01,040
\nHe hears the rants, he’s jealous
\nfor God. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:02,080 –> 00:43:05,480
\nVerse 24 and all the men of
\nIsrael when they saw the man <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:05,840 –> 00:43:08,320
\nfled from him, for they were
\nsore afraid. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:08,480 –> 00:43:11,800
\nAnd the men of Israel said, have
\nyou seen this man? <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:11,800 –> 00:43:16,040
\nKeyword saw seen this man that
\nhas come up surely to defy <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:16,040 –> 00:43:17,480
\nIsrael.
\nIs he come? <\/p>\n
600
\n00:43:17,480 –> 00:43:18,920
\nIt shall be that the man who
\nkills. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:43:18,920 –> 00:43:22,240
\nAnd so there’s the reward.
\nAnd now this is beautiful. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:43:22,520 –> 00:43:27,040
\nRemember, David is maybe 17,
\nmaybe 18 at this time. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:43:28,800 –> 00:43:34,080
\nIs it David’s place to walk
\naround the army of Israel, the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:43:34,080 –> 00:43:38,280
\ncaptains over hundreds and
\ncaptains over thousands, and to <\/p>\n
605
\n00:43:38,280 –> 00:43:41,040
\ntell them this Philistine that
\nyou guys are all afraid of? <\/p>\n
606
\n00:43:41,040 –> 00:43:44,760
\nHe’s a reproach.
\nHe’s uncircumcised, and he’s <\/p>\n
607
\n00:43:44,760 –> 00:43:51,000
\ndefied God.
\nMaybe not, but this young man <\/p>\n
608
\n00:43:51,760 –> 00:43:58,680
\nwho was cunning in speech asks a
\nquestion and he doesn’t just ask<\/p>\n
609
\n00:43:58,680 –> 00:44:00,400
\nit once.
\nSee, the question is there in <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:00,400 –> 00:44:03,640
\nverse 26 as we’ve read.
\nIt’s there again in verse 30. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:03,760 –> 00:44:06,960
\nAnd he turned away from his
\nbrother Eliab, who was taunting <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:06,960 –> 00:44:08,640
\nhim.
\nHe turned his back on him, which<\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:08,640 –> 00:44:12,520
\nProverbs 15 verse one says
\nshould be our response when <\/p>\n
614
\n00:44:12,520 –> 00:44:15,880
\nwe’re being taunted.
\nHe turns from him and he speaks <\/p>\n
615
\n00:44:15,880 –> 00:44:18,560
\nafter the same manner.
\nAnd the people answered him <\/p>\n
616
\n00:44:18,560 –> 00:44:21,800
\nagain after the former manner.
\nSo not once does he ask this <\/p>\n
617
\n00:44:21,800 –> 00:44:25,560
\nquestion, but again to you, and
\nto you, and to you and to you. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:44:26,800 –> 00:44:31,680
\nWhat’ll be done to the man that
\nkills this uncircumcised <\/p>\n
619
\n00:44:31,680 –> 00:44:34,400
\nPhilistine?
\nThis reproach of Israel, this <\/p>\n
620
\n00:44:34,400 –> 00:44:37,320
\nman who was defied the armies of
\nGod, what will be done to him? <\/p>\n
621
\n00:44:37,320 –> 00:44:40,640
\nNo, he’s going to get a reward.
\nAnd then he goes to the next <\/p>\n
622
\n00:44:40,640 –> 00:44:42,760
\nperson.
\nWhat’ll be done to the man who <\/p>\n
623
\n00:44:43,200 –> 00:44:45,920
\nkills this uncircumcised
\nPhilistine, this reproach of <\/p>\n
624
\n00:44:45,920 –> 00:44:47,880
\nGod, who’s defied the armies of
\nGod? <\/p>\n
625
\n00:44:47,960 –> 00:44:50,240
\nWhat’ll be done to him?
\nAnd all of a sudden, the people <\/p>\n
626
\n00:44:50,240 –> 00:44:52,880
\nstart to think, what?
\nWait a minute. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:44:53,760 –> 00:44:56,440
\nYeah, this guy’s an
\nuncircumcised Philistine. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:44:57,880 –> 00:45:02,400
\nHe’s a reproach to God.
\nHe’s not defying us, he’s <\/p>\n
629
\n00:45:02,400 –> 00:45:09,320
\ndefying God.
\nAnd David, by a wisely worded <\/p>\n
630
\n00:45:09,560 –> 00:45:15,040
\nquestion, doesn’t usurp the
\nauthority of those around him. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:45:15,520 –> 00:45:20,720
\nStarts to turn the hearts of the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:45:22,280 –> 00:45:29,600
\nWell, we too, brothers and
\nsisters, can ask questions that <\/p>\n
633
\n00:45:29,600 –> 00:45:32,280
\ncan inspire a change of
\nthinking. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:45:35,160 –> 00:45:40,400
\nWell, news of this gets to Saul,
\nand he’s called into Saul’s <\/p>\n
635
\n00:45:40,400 –> 00:45:45,600
\npresence and we know the story.
\nSaul tries to give him the his <\/p>\n
636
\n00:45:45,600 –> 00:45:49,240
\ngarments, his armor, and David
\nrejects it. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:45:49,360 –> 00:45:53,160
\nAnd he said it’s not been tried.
\nI’m not ready to go into battle <\/p>\n
638
\n00:45:53,160 –> 00:45:56,880
\nwith it and Saul gives his
\npathetic response with the King <\/p>\n
639
\n00:45:56,880 –> 00:46:02,560
\nJames is too kind with in verse
\n37 the CEV reads go and I hope <\/p>\n
640
\n00:46:02,560 –> 00:46:06,520
\nhope the Lord will be with you
\nis essentially what Saul said he<\/p>\n
641
\n00:46:06,520 –> 00:46:11,880
\nhad no faith even after David’s
\nconvincing arm convincing <\/p>\n
642
\n00:46:11,880 –> 00:46:17,080
\nstatement and so rejecting
\nSaul’s clothing, but taking only<\/p>\n
643
\n00:46:17,080 –> 00:46:21,560
\nwhat God has given him.
\nHe goes out and he confronts <\/p>\n
644
\n00:46:21,560 –> 00:46:26,240
\nthis giant, and of course when
\nthe flesh is confronted with <\/p>\n
645
\n00:46:26,240 –> 00:46:29,200
\nspiritual discernment, there is
\ndisdain. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:46:30,800 –> 00:46:34,280
\nVerse 41 in the Philistine came
\non and drew near unto David and <\/p>\n
647
\n00:46:34,280 –> 00:46:36,200
\nthe man that bare the shield
\nbefore him. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:46:36,920 –> 00:46:39,120
\nAnd when the Philistine looked
\nabout and saw David, he <\/p>\n
649
\n00:46:39,120 –> 00:46:42,280
\ndisdained him, for he was but a
\nyouth and Ruddy and a fair <\/p>\n
650
\n00:46:42,280 –> 00:46:44,800
\ncountenance.
\nThe Philistine says to him, <\/p>\n
651
\n00:46:44,800 –> 00:46:47,560
\nAmaya dog, that you come to me
\nwith staves, with the staff. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:46:47,560 –> 00:46:51,000
\nAnd the Philistine cursed David
\nby his gods. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:46:51,360 –> 00:46:54,840
\nAnd then he says, Come to me,
\nand I will give thy flesh to the<\/p>\n
654
\n00:46:54,840 –> 00:46:59,200
\nfowls of the air and to the
\nbeasts of the field. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:46:59,920 –> 00:47:04,920
\nAnd David hears that and he
\nsays, yes, now I know that <\/p>\n
656
\n00:47:04,920 –> 00:47:07,000
\nYahweh has delivered him into
\nthe hand of Israel. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:47:07,000 –> 00:47:10,120
\nWhy?
\nWhere did we see David’s mind <\/p>\n
658
\n00:47:10,120 –> 00:47:12,760
\nwas when he was shepherding back
\nin creation? <\/p>\n
659
\n00:47:14,040 –> 00:47:16,040
\nWhere is Goliath just taken
\nDavid? <\/p>\n
660
\n00:47:16,040 –> 00:47:19,440
\nBack to the fowls of heaven and
\nthe beasts of the earth, back to<\/p>\n
661
\n00:47:19,440 –> 00:47:23,120
\ncreation.
\nAnd he knows he’s fighting <\/p>\n
662
\n00:47:23,120 –> 00:47:25,960
\nagainst the serpent in the
\nflesh. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:47:28,280 –> 00:47:31,680
\nAnd David responds, thou comest
\nto me in verse 45 with a sword <\/p>\n
664
\n00:47:31,680 –> 00:47:34,680
\nand a spear and a shield.
\nBut I come to thee in the name <\/p>\n
665
\n00:47:34,680 –> 00:47:40,240
\nof Yahweh of armies, the God of
\nthe armies of Israel whom thou <\/p>\n
666
\n00:47:40,240 –> 00:47:44,000
\nhast defied.
\nThere was the message to <\/p>\n
667
\n00:47:44,000 –> 00:47:47,560
\nGoliath.
\nThis day will Yahweh deliver <\/p>\n
668
\n00:47:47,560 –> 00:47:50,720
\nthee into mine hand, and I will
\nsmite you, and I’ll take your <\/p>\n
669
\n00:47:50,720 –> 00:47:53,600
\nhead off of you.
\nBut I’m not going to stop there.<\/p>\n
670
\n00:47:53,600 –> 00:47:57,280
\nI’ll give the carcasses of the
\nhost of the Philistines this day<\/p>\n
671
\n00:47:57,280 –> 00:48:01,840
\nto the fowls of the air and to
\nthe beasts of the earth, and <\/p>\n
672
\n00:48:01,840 –> 00:48:04,960
\nthen still speaking to Goliath
\nand the encampment of the <\/p>\n
673
\n00:48:04,960 –> 00:48:09,560
\nPhilistines, that all the earth
\nmay know that there is a God in <\/p>\n
674
\n00:48:09,560 –> 00:48:12,840
\nIsrael.
\nAnd then no doubt turning back <\/p>\n
675
\n00:48:12,840 –> 00:48:16,240
\nto his brethren.
\nAnd all this assembly shall know<\/p>\n
676
\n00:48:16,240 –> 00:48:19,840
\nthat Yahweh saveth not with
\nsword and spear, for the battle <\/p>\n
677
\n00:48:19,840 –> 00:48:25,120
\nis the Lord’s, and He will give
\nyou into our hands. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:48:26,440 –> 00:48:29,760
\nWas concerned more about the
\nwhat than about The Who. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:48:30,600 –> 00:48:33,000
\nAnd he picks up five stones
\nthrough grace. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:48:33,000 –> 00:48:35,960
\nVictory is 1 and runs toward the
\ngiant. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:48:37,280 –> 00:48:41,120
\nAnd so we have a spiritual giant
\nversus a giant of flesh. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:48:41,880 –> 00:48:46,000
\nNo competition.
\nAnd in verse 52, the confidence <\/p>\n
683
\n00:48:46,000 –> 00:48:50,240
\nof David then spreads throughout
\nthe nation, as he had already <\/p>\n
684
\n00:48:50,240 –> 00:48:52,360
\nstarted to inspire with his
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:48:52,520 –> 00:48:55,760
\nAnd the men of Israel and of
\nJudah rose and shouted and <\/p>\n
686
\n00:48:55,760 –> 00:48:59,840
\npursued the Philistines.
\nUntil thou come to the valley. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:49:01,320 –> 00:49:04,200
\nAnd so Israel was inspired by
\nthis man. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:49:08,240 –> 00:49:11,440
\nAnd before verse 54 happens,
\nDavid took the head of the <\/p>\n
689
\n00:49:11,440 –> 00:49:14,840
\nPhilistine and brought it to
\nJerusalem, but he put his armor <\/p>\n
690
\n00:49:14,840 –> 00:49:19,560
\nin his tent.
\nWe must insert verses 55 to 58 <\/p>\n
691
\n00:49:20,800 –> 00:49:25,600
\nbecause there’s another person
\nin this scene, a person who does<\/p>\n
692
\n00:49:25,600 –> 00:49:30,600
\ncare more about The Who than
\nabout the what. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:49:31,720 –> 00:49:34,280
\nA person who does care who gets
\nthe glory. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:49:35,400 –> 00:49:39,360
\nAnd Goliath, who for 40 days
\ntaunted Israel, while Saul sat <\/p>\n
695
\n00:49:39,360 –> 00:49:44,040
\ndismayed and greatly afraid,
\nwhen now Goliath is dead and the<\/p>\n
696
\n00:49:44,040 –> 00:49:48,680
\narmies are following David to go
\nafter and to slay Philistine. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:49:48,680 –> 00:49:54,160
\nSaul says in verse 55 unto
\nAbner, the captain of his host <\/p>\n
698
\n00:49:54,160 –> 00:49:56,040
\nAbner.
\nWhose son is this? <\/p>\n
699
\n00:49:56,480 –> 00:50:00,600
\nAbner says I I don’t know king,
\nand the king says inquire thou <\/p>\n
700
\n00:50:00,600 –> 00:50:03,000
\nwhose son the stripling is.
\nWhat do you mean whose son? <\/p>\n
701
\n00:50:03,280 –> 00:50:05,640
\nIt’s the one who just stood
\nbefore you and who you offered <\/p>\n
702
\n00:50:05,640 –> 00:50:08,520
\nyour armor to.
\nWell, yeah, but remember he had <\/p>\n
703
\n00:50:08,520 –> 00:50:12,600
\npromised his daughter.
\nNow to this person doesn’t say <\/p>\n
704
\n00:50:12,600 –> 00:50:16,720
\nwho is he, but whose son is he?
\nWell again, he knew who he was. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:50:16,720 –> 00:50:19,080
\nHe’d had him in his house.
\nIt had been his armor bearer. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:50:20,840 –> 00:50:22,680
\nBut Saul is not of his right
\nmind. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:50:22,680 –> 00:50:30,200
\nAnd so David is brought before
\nSaul in verse 57 with the head <\/p>\n
708
\n00:50:31,080 –> 00:50:37,480
\nof the Philistine in his hand.
\nNow think about the logistics of<\/p>\n
709
\n00:50:37,480 –> 00:50:39,880
\nthat for a minute.
\nI don’t know that you’d want to <\/p>\n
710
\n00:50:39,880 –> 00:50:43,840
\nhave the head here carrying it
\nbecause it there’s blood <\/p>\n
711
\n00:50:43,840 –> 00:50:46,600
\ndraining from the head because
\nhe’s cut his head off at the <\/p>\n
712
\n00:50:46,600 –> 00:50:48,480
\nneck.
\nSo he’s probably got his hair <\/p>\n
713
\n00:50:48,480 –> 00:50:52,520
\nwrapped around his hand and he’s
\nstanding there with this stomp <\/p>\n
714
\n00:50:52,520 –> 00:50:55,520
\nof a man’s head, a big man’s
\nhead in his arm. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:50:56,760 –> 00:51:00,960
\nYou’d think that would be enough
\nto make Saul realize this is <\/p>\n
716
\n00:51:00,960 –> 00:51:05,600
\nsomebody that I should be very
\nappreciative of. 58 Whose son <\/p>\n
717
\n00:51:05,600 –> 00:51:10,720
\nart thou, thou young man?
\nHe calls him a stripling in <\/p>\n
718
\n00:51:10,720 –> 00:51:17,560
\nverse 56.
\nAnd David answered, I am the son<\/p>\n
719
\n00:51:17,720 –> 00:51:21,080
\nof thy servant, Jesse the
\nBethlehemite. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:51:22,360 –> 00:51:26,840
\nHe doesn’t say I’m David, who,
\nby the way, just killed Goliath.<\/p>\n
721
\n00:51:28,120 –> 00:51:31,760
\nHere’s the head.
\nHe doesn’t say I’m the hero of <\/p>\n
722
\n00:51:31,760 –> 00:51:36,000
\nIsrael.
\nNo, he doesn’t say I’m your <\/p>\n
723
\n00:51:36,000 –> 00:51:41,200
\nservant.
\nHe says I’m the son of your <\/p>\n
724
\n00:51:41,200 –> 00:51:45,320
\nservant, Jesse.
\nAnd in our class got a building <\/p>\n
725
\n00:51:45,320 –> 00:51:52,280
\ntomorrow we’ll consider that it
\nwas this response that caused <\/p>\n
726
\n00:51:52,280 –> 00:51:58,280
\nJonathan to love David as his
\nown soul. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:52:00,160 –> 00:52:03,880
\nAnd so we end this class,
\nbrothers and sisters, with David<\/p>\n
728
\n00:52:03,880 –> 00:52:09,960
\nstanding in Jonathan’s royal
\napparel, dressed as the heir <\/p>\n
729
\n00:52:09,960 –> 00:52:13,440
\napparent and dressed that way
\ntakes the head of Goliath to <\/p>\n
730
\n00:52:13,440 –> 00:52:16,320
\nJerusalem.
\nWe were told back in verse 54 <\/p>\n
731
\n00:52:16,320 –> 00:52:21,960
\nthat is Golgotha signifying that
\na greater beloved than he would <\/p>\n
732
\n00:52:21,960 –> 00:52:27,680
\ncrush the head of a greater
\ngiant than Goliath in that very <\/p>\n
733
\n00:52:27,680 –> 00:52:32,240
\nspot by whom we all have the
\nvictory. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:52:34,720 –> 00:52:38,760
\nAnd so our principles to help us
\ndevelop spiritual intelligence. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:52:38,760 –> 00:52:43,840
\nThe first discernment comes
\nthrough reading, prayer and <\/p>\n
736
\n00:52:43,840 –> 00:52:47,080
\nmeditation.
\nSecond, we should love <\/p>\n
737
\n00:52:47,080 –> 00:52:52,320
\nrighteousness first, through
\nwhich we grow to hate wickedness<\/p>\n
738
\n00:52:52,320 –> 00:52:56,840
\nfirst in ourselves and then
\nhelping others deal with it in <\/p>\n
739
\n00:52:56,840 –> 00:53:00,080
\ntheir lives.
\nThird, we must seek first to <\/p>\n
740
\n00:53:00,080 –> 00:53:07,200
\ngive God the glory and all that
\nwe do 4th love principles over <\/p>\n
741
\n00:53:07,200 –> 00:53:10,920
\nthe letter of the law and 5th
\nRemember that God is on your <\/p>\n
742
\n00:53:10,920 –> 00:53:15,240
\nside and so live life as a
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