STEALING THE ENEMY’S WEAPONS - FEARLESS Part 3

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STEALING THE ENEMY’S WEAPONS - FEARLESS Part 3 Saul replied, “You can’t go fight this Philistine. You’re just a youth, and he’s been a warrior since he was young.” David answered Saul: “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God. . . . The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.” Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David’s head and had him put on armor. David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. “I can’t walk in these,” David said to Saul, “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off. Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine. The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome. He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods. “Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!” David said to the Philistine: “You come against me with a dagger, spear, and sword, but I come against you in the name of Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel’s armies—you have defied Him. Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, cut your head off, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God, and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the Lord saves, for the battle is the Lord’s. He will hand you over to us.” When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine. David put his hand in the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. . . . David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran. . . . David took Goliath’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent. 1 Samuel 17:33-54 STEALING THE ENEMY’S WEAPONS PERSPECTIVE What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? 1 Samuel 27:16 YOUR GREATEST OBSTACLE IS THE ORIGEN OF YOUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY! When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:48 PREPARATION Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. 1 Samuel 17:34-35 Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them. . . . 1 Samuel 17:36 IMAGE - ARROW IN ICE CHEST PREDICTABILITY David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. “I can’t walk in these,” David said to Saul, “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off. 1 Samuel 17:39 Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch. . . . 1 Samuel 17:40 IMAGE - "We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King PRIZE David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. . . . 1 Samuel 17:51 David took Goliath’s head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent. 1 Samuel 17:54