WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:13.919 Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode. 5 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:14.839 Of The Bible Guy. 6 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:15.640 The Bible Guy. 7 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:17.600 You got to see it like that The Bible Guy. 8 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:21.679 That's right, because it's an epic We are an epic podcast. Hey, 9 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:24.160 I'm Chris. This is Wesley. Jeff's out of town and 10 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:25.879 so we have enjoyed Wesley all. 11 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:28.519 Week and day. This is the last day. 12 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.239 It has come to an end, my friend, until next time, 13 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:33.560 because I'm sure you'll be back before too long. 14 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:35.439 Yeah, in the blink of an eye. 15 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:38.960 So, hey, today, Desiree has given us a draft list 16 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:40.479 she wants us to draft. 17 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:42.000 Get this. 18 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.799 She says, if you could choose any character from the 19 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.119 Bible to be, who would it be? Play Rock paper scissors? 20 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:51.240 Who goes first? And do it until you draft three 21 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.520 each sow what crazy thing? 22 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:55.320 Yeah, this is gonna be in state. 23 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.079 Yeah, I like, we can't say Jesus because that feels sacrilegious. 24 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.640 Let's just let's just let's just determine Jesus is off 25 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.120 the table. Okay, so Bible characters, let's just pick humans. 26 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.920 All right, so we got rock paper scissors. Right, we'll 27 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:10.319 say one, two, three shoots. 28 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.519 Okay, okay, ready, one shoot, all right, I'm rock. I 29 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:16.200 get to go first. 30 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:20.319 Okay, all right, I'm gonna say that I want to 31 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:21.560 be the apostle Paul. 32 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:24.239 That was one I was thinking to. Yeah. 33 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.400 So Number one, he travels a lot. Number two he 34 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:31.120 plants churches, which is fun. Yeah right, because you know 35 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:33.640 I love planting churches, you know, being a part of 36 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:37.159 a church plant anyway, and then and then I would 37 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:39.879 also say Paul definitely lived in interesting times. 38 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:40.120 Yea. 39 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.000 His life was, you know, riddled with danger, so that 40 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:44.840 part wasn't fun. 41 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.120 But I think I would have liked to have seen 42 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.120 and lived the life Paul lived. To get to the 43 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.319 end of your life and say I fought the good fight. Yeah, 44 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.560 that's a pretty That's not a bad day right there. Yeah, 45 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:57.640 So anyway, that's my choice. 46 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.359 Okay, So if I had to pick, I might say Peter, 47 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:07.000 and I'll explain why Peter was. Peter is like that 48 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.639 one friend you don't dare to do anything, you know, 49 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.240 the one that hey, jump over that rock, he'll jump. 50 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:16.199 So that's the part I liked about Peter. The fact 51 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.919 that I feel like Jesus could have told him to 52 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.439 do anything and Peter would have just been like. 53 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.199 Hey, let's do it, you know. So that's the aspect. 54 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.439 Yes, he was rough around the edges and some other stuff, 55 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:29.240 but I like that aspect of Peter. 56 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.080 Yeah, yeah, for sure, that's great. All right, I'm gonna 57 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:33.879 choose Solomon, Okay. 58 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.439 For wisdom, Yeah, he was. 59 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:37.400 The wisest man who ever lived and one of the 60 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.319 richest men who ever lived. Right. Of course, his downfall 61 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.479 was you know, wives and concubines, right, so that that 62 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:49.800 part wasn't good. But in terms of the experience, think 63 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.280 about all the wisdom you have and all the things 64 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:55.360 you get to experience and a life like really none 65 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:57.479 other rights. 66 00:02:57.520 --> 00:02:59.719 That's crazy. So yeah, Solomon would be fun. 67 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.639 My second one would probably be I don't want to 68 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.360 say Moses. And the reason I say. 69 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:11.479 Moses is because Moses felt that he wasn't qualified for 70 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:14.000 the job, right, And I know there have been times 71 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:17.759 in my life in ministry and my corporate background that 72 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.240 I had where I didn't feel qualified for the job, 73 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:21.840 Like God, what call somebody else? 74 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:23.159 Why are you calling me to do this? 75 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:23.680 Right? 76 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.039 So that aspect I would say Moses. 77 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:30.199 Okay, that's good, And then I would say my third 78 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:35.439 choice is Elijah, because that's good. Yeah, because honestly, he 79 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:39.719 definitely had his share of troubles. Yeah, he was in trouble. 80 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:43.439 He had depression. I believe he probably struggled with mental health, 81 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.039 you know, going from you know, one chapter to the next. 82 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:48.800 You know, he goes from the mountain high to the 83 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:51.599 record low, you know, wanting to die and all these 84 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:55.240 different things. But even in spite of all that, I 85 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.599 think that to be a part of the most epic 86 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.639 challenge that this world probably has ever seen. 87 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:04.680 On Mault Carmel with bail. 88 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:07.159 In the in the in the pillar of fire, it 89 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:10.960 just seems like to me he was this rough, rugged 90 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.520 man's man, kind of a man who experienced things that 91 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.439 were just unbelievable. Right. Plus I want to be able 92 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:20.839 to run as fast as he was. Yeah right, that's 93 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:21.600 a cool bonus. 94 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:22.759 Yeah right, Yeah. 95 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:24.480 The last one that's going to be tough. There are 96 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.639 a lot of Bible characters, new and Old Testament. I 97 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:33.040 would probably say Abraham in terms of his faith, Okay, 98 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:37.319 that one section of the Bible where it talks about 99 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:41.040 how God told him to sacrifice his son. Yeah, and 100 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:47.079 his reply was that me and the lad will come back, right. 101 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.199 You know, God had just said that you're going to 102 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:53.000 sacrifice your son, but he had enough faith in belief 103 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.439 that some kind of way this was going to work 104 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:56.319 out for my goods. 105 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.399 So the faith of Abraham. 106 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.319 That's great. Yeah, yeah, that's right. And God will provide 107 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:01.879 a ram, right, Yeah, yeah, that's great. 108 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.040 As my grandmother would say, God's got a ram in 109 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:06.439 the bush and all the time. 110 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.839 That's awesome God for her. That's great. Well, hey, that 111 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:11.720 was that was fun. 112 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:12.160 Yeah? 113 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:19.319 Right, So so mine were Paul, what was it, Paul, Solomon, Elijah. 114 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.800 And Elijah. Those are pretty three pretty good ones. Yeah, 115 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:22.519 what are yours? 116 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:22.759 Yeah? 117 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:28.879 I had Moses, Abraham and who's the other person, Peter Peter. 118 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.839 Yes, yeah, yeah, those are I mean, they can't get wrong. Yeah, 119 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:33.759 although I like that's better. 120 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:34.040 Yeah. 121 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.720 Well when you said Elijah, I was going to say, okay, 122 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:44.360 I will raise you Elisha, I'll see your Elijah successor. 123 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.920 That's great. So all right, well any thanks, that's ray. 124 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:48.639 That was really fun. 125 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:52.040 Yeah all right, so we're going first Samuel again. 126 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:55.199 Yeah, and we're getting back to first Samuel and uh, 127 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:59.839 we're actually going to be talking about Goliath challenging the Israelites, 128 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:05.439 and this is going to be a a heck of 129 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:10.720 a thing. So first, Samuel seventeen versus one through thirty one, 130 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:12.120 is that, Yeah. 131 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:13.279 That's correct, that's where we're at. 132 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.680 Yeah, And this is new living translation, okay. And it 133 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:20.199 says the Philistines now mustered their army for battle and 134 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:24.399 camp between Soko and Judah and Azeka at e f 135 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:30.680 s demein jobb. Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops 136 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:33.959 near the valley of Ela. So the Philistines and the 137 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.560 Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley 138 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:42.319 between them. Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came 139 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.439 out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. 140 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.120 He was over nine feet tall. He wore a bronze 141 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:53.199 helmet and a bronze coat of mail. Weighed weighed one 142 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:57.000 hundred and twenty five pounds. He also wore bronze leg 143 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:01.399 armor and carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. The 144 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:04.560 shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as 145 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:08.600 a weaver's beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 146 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:13.120 fifteen pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying 147 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:17.199 a shield. Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to 148 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:20.160 the Israelites. Why are you all coming out to fight? 149 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:23.439 He called, I am a Philistine champion, but you are 150 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:27.160 only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come 151 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:30.439 down here and fight me. If he kills me, then 152 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:33.000 we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, 153 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.399 you will be our slaves. I would defy the armies 154 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:39.480 of Israel today. Send me a man who will fight me. 155 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.040 When Saul and the Israelites hurt this, they were terrified 156 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.519 and deeply shaken. Now, David was the son of a 157 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.720 man named Jesse and Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the Land 158 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:54.079 of Judah. Jesse was an old man at the time, 159 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:58.680 and he had eight sons. Jesse's three ODIs sons, Elie, 160 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:02.839 app A, Benadad, and Shamiah, had already joined Saul's army 161 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:06.920 to fight the Philistines. David was the youngest son. David's 162 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.759 three ODIs brothers stayed with Saul's army, but David went 163 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.160 back and forth so he could help his father with 164 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:18.160 sheep in Bethlehem for forty days. Every morning and evening 165 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.240 the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army. 166 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.959 One day, Jesse said to David, take this basket of 167 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:29.439 roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry 168 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.360 them quickly to your brothers, and give these ten cuts 169 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.279 of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are 170 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:38.200 getting along, and bring back a report on how they 171 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:42.000 are doing. David's brothers were with Saul in the Israelite 172 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.559 army at the Valley of Ela, fighting against the Philistines. 173 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.759 So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set 174 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.960 out early the next morning with the gifts. As as 175 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.960 Jesse had directed him. He arrived in the camp just 176 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:58.240 as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield, with 177 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:03.399 shouts in battle cries. Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces 178 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:07.919 stood facing each other, army against army. David left his 179 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:10.919 things with the keeper of supplies and hurried out to 180 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:14.120 the ranks to greet his brothers. As he was talking 181 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:18.440 with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came out 182 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.720 from the Philistine ranks. Then David heard him shout his 183 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:25.000 usual taunt to the army of Israel. As soon as 184 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:28.279 the Israelite army saw him, they begin to run away 185 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.480 in fright. Have you seen the giant? The man asked? 186 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.519 He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king 187 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.000 is offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. 188 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.639 He will give that man one of his daughters for 189 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:45.320 a wife, and the man's entire family will be exempted 190 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:49.919 from paying taxes. David asked the soldier standing nearby, what 191 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:53.519 will a man get for killing this philistine and ending 192 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:57.720 his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan philistine anyway? 193 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:00.639 That he is allowed to defy the armies of living God? 194 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:05.159 And these men gave David the same reply. They said, yes, 195 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.679 that is the reward for killing him. But when David's 196 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:12.639 oldest brother, Ellie, app heard David talking to the men, 197 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.799 he was angry. What are you doing around here anyway? 198 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.879 He demanded, what about those few sheep you're supposed to 199 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.120 be taken care of. I knew about your pride and deceit. 200 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.519 You just want to see the battle. What have I 201 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:28.480 done now? David replied, I was only asking a question. 202 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.399 He walked over to some others and asked them the 203 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:36.080 same thing and received the same answer. Then David's question 204 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:40.159 was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him. 205 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.200 Yes, we're not going to get to the battle today. 206 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.080 We're still from there. 207 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:48.120 But there's a lot here though, even leading up to this. Right, so, 208 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:52.080 Goliath challenges the Israelites. You know, one of the first 209 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:53.879 things that stands out to me is that many people 210 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:58.279 don't realize is that it's not as if Goliath stood 211 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.200 in front of everybody and said, hey, send champion, I'll 212 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.559 be the champion, we'll fight, the battle will end, and 213 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:09.639 then nothing happened. In fact, when when the Israelites refused 214 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.919 to end the battle that way, there was an actual 215 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.519 army against army every day, which is why it says 216 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.919 that that Elliott was in there battling the Philistines because 217 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:24.279 or Aliab or whatever his name is, Because you know, 218 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:26.440 Goliath would get out every morning and say, hey, we 219 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:28.320 get in this battle right now, send me a champion. 220 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:30.759 They didn't have a champion. 221 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:35.200 They go up against Goliath, taunt them, mocked them, killed them. 222 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:38.320 But then when nobody, you know, took the challenge to 223 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:41.799 end the battle, then they would battle every day and 224 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:43.360 it was in a valley, which means they were up 225 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:45.159 on one end, they were up on the other end. 226 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.120 You know, Goliath was down in the middle. And then 227 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:50.320 when nobody took the challenge, they would all meet down there, 228 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:52.240 they would fight, they would go back up. So this 229 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:55.279 went on day after day after day. There was fighting, 230 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:59.559 there was killing, but nobody wanted to, you know, take 231 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:03.639 the challenge and say, okay, let's consider you know, the 232 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.919 victory to be determined by you know, these two champions, 233 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:10.600 because everybody's like, there's no way, yeah, because you know, 234 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:13.600 we can't defeat their champion, right, isn't that crazy? 235 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:16.480 Yeah, yeah, that's that's crazy. But it talks about well, 236 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:18.879 let's back up a little bit and just deal with Goliath. 237 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:21.080 He was well armored for this. 238 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.840 Battle, well, goodness gracious, nine foot tall. 239 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:28.080 Yeah, nine feet tall, and bronze. So this isn't bronze 240 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.679 like some kind of a thin, cheap bronze. This is 241 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.879 battle armor bronze, right, which is very different. 242 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:36.840 It said that his chest of armor was one hundred 243 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:38.440 and twenty five pounds. 244 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:41.039 Yeah, and the tip of the spear was what twenty. 245 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:44.480 Fifteen fifteen pounds yeah, So yeah, and then and then 246 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.200 and his shield was so big he had to have 247 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.519 a shield bearer. Yeah, right, And so think about this 248 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:52.159 if you're nine, and it depends on how much you 249 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:54.240 think a cubit is and so cube it is the 250 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.679 distance between your fingers and your elbow, right, yeah, so 251 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.360 everybody's everybody's that distance is, you know, it varies a 252 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:04.759 little bit. Yeah, but when it measures cubits, that's basically 253 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:06.519 it was. You know, it was a it was a cubit. 254 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:11.440 So some translations actually, you know, sort of guess on 255 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.879 the average cubit and they say that he was nine 256 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.799 feet nine inches tall, and then other translations just say 257 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:19.399 he was over nine feet tall. 258 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:21.279 But either way that's tall. 259 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:25.000 That's a big yeah either way, right, yeah, And so yeah, 260 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.399 we know that his suit of armor was just one 261 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:29.679 hundred and twenty five pounds just for his chest plate, 262 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.720 his spirits fifteen pounds. I mean, this was a very 263 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.080 strong man who is a soldier from birth, which means 264 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:43.000 which means he was so confident that he actually taunted 265 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:45.720 the entire army. You know, you know how confident you 266 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:47.679 have to be to entire army. 267 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:48.799 That's pretty bad. 268 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.600 And then the fact where did it say it that 269 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:55.639 he struted in front of him verse sixteen. The philistine 270 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.200 champion strut it in front of the So it's one 271 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.679 thing to just taunt them and you know whatever, whatever, 272 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.480 But now you're strutting like a peacock in front of them, 273 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.440 basically because you feel like you can destroy all of 274 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:08.440 them at any time. 275 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:11.519 Yeah, you know what, there's a sermon in here somewhere. 276 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:16.080 Did you notice how he said, I am I am 277 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:20.320 a champion of Warrison's birth, and you are just merely 278 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:21.600 the servants of Saul. 279 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.679 And what he did was he got them to believe. 280 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.639 That all they were was just these these guys who 281 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.440 served this tall king that was mildly popular. 282 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:33.120 So he's getting in their heads. 283 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.159 And then and then David comes along and says, who 284 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.960 is this uncircumcised philistine who's allowed to defy the army 285 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.519 of the Living God. 286 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.679 So he puts the perspective back in the right place. 287 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:47.039 Yes, at least at least to the people he's having 288 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:49.840 a conversation to. But the point is is David has 289 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.840 the right perspective. Hey, we're not just the servants of Saul. 290 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:57.399 We're the army of the Living God who has promised 291 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.200 us victory. Who has promised us fail, who has you know, 292 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:04.240 who goes you know, into every battle with God's strength 293 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.480 and might and favor and spirit and battle because remember 294 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:11.480 it's war, which is ugly, but but remember that God 295 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:16.519 is wiping out the people who are defying Him. Who 296 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.600 are who are you know, defying the belief in Him, 297 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:23.000 who are living for false gods and false idols. The 298 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:27.240 Philistines were famous for worshiping Diagon as we saw back 299 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:31.000 with Samson, right, and so there's all these false gods. 300 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.720 And and and it's, uh, you know. 301 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:37.159 God has declared that war is what Israel would do 302 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.919 to wipe out God's enemies and at the same time 303 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.639 declare victory and build God's kingdom that way. So so 304 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:48.159 so yeah, they were shaking in their boots. And and 305 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.600 by the way, as we're about to see, is that 306 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:57.320 Saul is fearful himself. Saul is the tallest among all 307 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:02.080 the at least you know, recorded wise anyway, he's the 308 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:06.519 tallest among all the soldiers. And yet he himself is 309 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:10.279 you know, shaking in his armor in his tent. Yeah right, So, 310 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:10.919 so hey. 311 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:13.440 If your leader is doing that, you're really going to 312 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:13.919 be scared. 313 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:16.000 Chances are nobody's gonna challenge Goliath. 314 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.480 Yeah right, Yeah. 315 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:20.519 Verse eleven sticks out to me when it says when 316 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:24.559 Saul and the Israelites hurt this, they were terrified and 317 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.480 deeply shaken. 318 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.559 So when they. 319 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:31.039 Hurt the taunts from Goliath, they were terrified and deeply shaken. 320 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:34.000 There's another verse in the Bible that talks about how 321 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.200 the devil is like a. 322 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:38.840 Roaring lion, seeking whom he may destroy. 323 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.559 Right, And if you ever watch a lion like on 324 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:46.360 nat Geo National Geographic, the lion will sometimes roar to 325 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:50.000 stun or disorient its prey, right, you know, it's kind 326 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:53.159 of like a battle tactic. The lion is like trying 327 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:55.720 to get into the head of the people. So I 328 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:59.799 think that's exactly what Goliath was doing here, that that 329 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:03.720 he's trying to disorient them, strike fear in their hearts 330 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:06.680 so they can be kind of paralyzed, stuck in the 331 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:09.240 exact spot that they are in. But I think it's 332 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:12.880 very important to remember that during those times when there's 333 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:17.200 that roaring lion, God's got our back, right, So, yeah, 334 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.759 that lion might be roaring, but I'm not living my life. 335 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.079 We talked about this on another day I'm not living 336 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:26.039 my life based on what I hear and what I see. 337 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:28.880 I'm living my life based on my faith. I know 338 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.440 God's going to come through for me. So let the 339 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:35.880 lion roar, let Goliath strutt and taunt. I know that 340 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:37.319 God's got my back, right. 341 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:37.720 Yeah. 342 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:39.920 Well, there's a Christian author I don't remember who it was, 343 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:41.920 but he just wrote a book on this recently in 344 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.960 the last several years. 345 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:45.759 It was called Run Toward the Roar. Yeah, are you 346 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.279 fami with this? 347 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.039 Yeah, I've heard that book before. I've never read it, 348 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.640 but I so. 349 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.240 The idea was is that the lion, the male lion, 350 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:55.559 roars to scare the prey to run backwards. Yeah, to 351 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.839 run away from the roar, because they have surrounded the 352 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:02.680 prey and little does the prey no that behind him 353 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:07.359 are all of the hunting lionesses who are basically weighing 354 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:09.440 to pounce. And so when he roars in front of them, 355 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:11.559 he's trying to get them to run away from the 356 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:14.119 roar so that they can run into a trap. Right, 357 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:16.799 And so the book is saying run to the roar 358 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:21.319 because the lion's job isn't The lion's job is just 359 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:23.759 to scare you. That's the only job of the lion, 360 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.319 and chances there's only one lion to deal with right 361 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.119 ahead of you. But if you run away as a coward, 362 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.799 and you run in fear, not believing that God's going 363 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.640 to give you the victory, then you're going to run 364 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.799 backwards into more trouble. 365 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:37.559 So run towards the roar. Isn't it a great concept? 366 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.160 That's awesome? 367 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.880 Yeah, the book is built on that. 368 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.559 Battles are one. 369 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:44.599 You can talk to sports athletes and they will tell 370 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.960 you that battles are one. 371 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.000 In the mind. 372 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:52.759 You can have two pro athletes, same skill level. One 373 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.640 believes that they're a world champion, the other one believes that, yeah, 374 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:59.720 maybe being a world champion is possible, and the one 375 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:02.640 who truly believes that they're the world champion will I'll 376 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:05.279 play the other one even if they're at an equal 377 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:08.559 skill level. Right, It's all in your belief in what 378 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.680 you believe that you can do. 379 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.240 Right. 380 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:12.799 Yeah, isn't that crazy the way that that happens, But 381 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:18.319 that is absolutely true for sure. So so anyway, as 382 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:21.119 we look at this setup for you know, the battle 383 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:25.960 of David Goliath, we know that you know, first of all, 384 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:29.519 we know that David is only sent there just to 385 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:31.119 bring loaves and cheese. 386 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:35.119 And I love how the cheese was for the captain. Yes, 387 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.519 I love how so he's giving the cheese to the captain. 388 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:42.480 That's over the brothers or the sons in that case. 389 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:44.960 And I kind of look like, you know, hey, just 390 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.599 this is for the captain. Make sure he takes care 391 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:49.960 of my son's kind of a thing. So I thought 392 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.519 that little subtle thing was interesting. 393 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:54.880 That's really interesting. And who knows, maybe it was intentional. 394 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:57.759 Maybe maybe Jesse said, let's give you an excuse to 395 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.640 go talk to the captain so that he can you know, 396 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:04.240 you know, recognize how I see you, David, which is 397 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:07.279 which is impressive. Right, So he didn't know how I 398 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:09.759 was going to play out. But but either way, David 399 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:11.880 gets there and what does his brothers do, same thing 400 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.519 they always did. 401 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.160