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 --> 00:00:13.919 practical ways. Well, hey, good morning everyone. I my name 4 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:14.519 is Chris. 5 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:17.800 My name, yeah, my name is Jeff. 6 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:19.719 I started my thought. That changed my thought in the 7 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:21.960 middle of I was gonna say I'm Chris, and then 8 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:23.239 I was like, no, I'm going to say my name 9 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:23.760 is Chris. 10 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:25.039 Okay, and I'm Jeff. 11 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.320 Did you ever hear Brian Reagan talk about take luck? 12 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.960 Yes, yes, take luck. He's trying to say take care 13 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:32.840 and good luck and they mixes them. Yet. 14 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.000 Yeah, that's so funny. I just did. Hey, welcome to 15 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.799 the Bible guys. We are excited on a Monday morning 16 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.560 to have you tune in or listen or whatever you're doing. 17 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:43.200 And if we started off this strongly, you can only 18 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.719 imagine how good the rest of the episode is going 19 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:47.439 to be. It's going to be amazing. 20 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:47.920 It's going to be so strong. 21 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:48.200 Yeah. 22 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:52.399 Hey, Desiree is kicking us off with a social media minutes, 23 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.119 and so this is the time where we just you know, 24 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:59.320 appreciate the comments that come in and are fun. By 25 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:03.920 the way, please comment. We absolutely love your feedback. Yes, yeah, 26 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:06.000 whether it's on the Bible guys, if it's. 27 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.640 Nice, If it's nice, okay, otherwise we send all the 28 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.239 negative ones to the complaint department. 29 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.879 You know who you are, I know, but but no, seriously, 30 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:20.879 Bible guys dot com. How else can they respond through YouTube? 31 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:21.319 Yeah? 32 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.159 Yeah, yeah, yeah, email email us in at info at 33 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:28.959 the that's correct. Okay, so you want to take the first. 34 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:32.319 One, okay, lyn B Hi Lynn Hi Lynn lynd B said, 35 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.239 thanks guys for a great episode. I think you guys 36 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:38.040 always show God's message. The main point is you guys 37 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.719 are always pointing people to Jesus not to follow you 38 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:42.959 but Jesus. And I really think you guys always do 39 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:44.719 exactly that. Keep up the great job. 40 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:45.519 Well that's one of the best. 41 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:47.560 That's cool. Ever. Yeah, that's like the best one we've gotten. 42 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.560 So that's that's a John the Baptist. 43 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.040 Yeah, you may be the winner now, Lynn here it 44 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.480 is good job, okay. Or in D that was really nice. 45 00:01:55.519 --> 00:02:01.159 It was very nice. Or in D says, awesome episode, gentlemen, gentlemen. 46 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.439 I know he must be listening to the other podcast. 47 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:06.719 Yeah, this is the Bible guys. 48 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.199 Or awesome episode, gentlemen. Thanks for the explanations and making 49 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.919 the Bible come to life. Your explanations are extremely easy 50 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:16.800 to understand. God bless Uh. 51 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:18.319 That's awesome, thank you. 52 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.439 Also it's a compliment, but it's also says something about us. 53 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.080 We explain things on an eighth grade level. 54 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:27.360 Super nice, super nice, or you don't know, it's eighth 55 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.280 grade level. Maybe orn's PhD level. Oh, maybe you don't know. 56 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.080 And so everything's extremely easy for him. That's right, that's right, 57 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.879 even the most complex, diverse that's depth, theological. 58 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:43.319 Theory, relativity. Check that out on Saturday. Yeah, okay, uh. 59 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:49.800 And then Bridget m says love when Chris sings good morning, Wow, 60 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:55.639 there love love when Chris says good morning, sings good morning. Well, well, 61 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:57.639 thank you, Bridget I guess I should do with you. Well, 62 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.599 I think he's kind of good morning, good morning. We 63 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:03.719 talk whole not through good. 64 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.879 Morning, good morning to you. 65 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.479 I don't know why I laugh every time, but every 66 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:09.560 time you do that, I laugh. 67 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:10.759 I don't know why I do it. 68 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.039 Yeah, it's so funny. 69 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:14.800 I just it's just in my brain. 70 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:18.680 Well, you did it, like I don't know, a year ago, yeah, yeah, yeah, 71 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:20.639 And then you got compliments and as soon as you 72 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.560 get compliments, you can't stop doing it after that. 73 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:27.120 That is not something, right now, that is not I 74 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:27.919 kept doing it. 75 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:29.280 I do not. 76 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.159 I did not go that way. 77 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:35.159 No, that wasn't it. I thought I thought I thought 78 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:36.800 that would be. I thought that was it. 79 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:40.400 That is not the reason why. Okay, I think it's because. 80 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.039 I'm goofy, goofy. Yeah, because you're goofy, not like like 81 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.560 not that goofy, okay, but the other yeah, just goofy. Yeah. 82 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:52.439 So all right, Well that we get through that pretty quickly, 83 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.719 Yes we did. And uh, it's okay because today we 84 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:59.120 have a pretty epic big story story, maybe the biggest story, 85 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:00.800 uh in the Old Testament. 86 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.800 But exactly because it's the biggest story in the Old Testament, 87 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:06.639 because it's Goliath. That's to be. 88 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:07.120 It's gotta be. 89 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.520 Now, you tipped our hand well on the didn't let 90 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.439 us get to just drag people along and let them 91 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:19.160 figure it out? Big story Cliath, it'sliethie okay. People on 92 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:20.839 the edge of their seat, that's right. We were going 93 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.199 to kind of just draw them along. And yes, okay, anyways, 94 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:24.720 it's Goliath. 95 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.959 David wins, he kills them. 96 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.639 Spoiler alert, Okay, sorry to ruin the whole thing for you, 97 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:32.959 For those of you that are going through this for 98 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:33.879 the first time. 99 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:35.120 There's no way, do you think. 100 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:37.040 No, yes, no. 101 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:40.560 Even in society, people used to phrases like like, that's 102 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.759 a David Goliath story. It's the classic. 103 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.560 I was a college pastor for a while and I mentioned, 104 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.959 you know, the story David Gliath, and this guy in 105 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:53.120 the room goes no, I had like thirty something. 106 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:57.480 Yeah, but that guy have subscribed or listened to the Bible, guys, though. 107 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:02.920 Probably he was sitting in church. All right, all right. 108 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:07.040 Sorry with the spoiler fage fall fall. 109 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.920 Okay, So anyways, we are reading, and if you don't know, 110 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:17.000 first Samuel, chapter seventeen is where the story of Goliath is. 111 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:20.480 And up to this point, Goliath has already been challenging 112 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:25.720 the Israelites. He's just so you know, he's this giant guy. 113 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.439 He's over nine feet tall. He's got a bronze helmet 114 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.079 and a bronze coat of mail that weighed one hundred 115 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:33.199 and twenty five pounds. Just his armor it's one hundred 116 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:38.040 and twenty five pounds. He's got a javelin that's made 117 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.519 that looks like a Weaver's beam. His shield is so 118 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:45.120 big that his armor bearer had to go out in 119 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:46.319 front of him carrying his shield. 120 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.439 Yeah, and it said the tip of a spear weighed 121 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:49.000 fifteen pounds. 122 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.480 Yeah, yeah, just the tip of the spirit. Yeah. Just crazy. 123 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.240 And he's out there mocking the people of Israel and 124 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.000 he's challenging them to the idea that hey, instead of 125 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.319 thousands of people dying in this battle, let's just out 126 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.480 your champion to fight against me. Whoever wins, Yeah, that's 127 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:04.279 the army that wins. 128 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.079 And there's so there's so many things to learn in 129 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:11.000 that because Goliath is saying to them with his voice, 130 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.079 you are just the servants of Saul, and I am 131 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.319 a warrior for my youth. And he's trying to tell, 132 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:20.800 you know, he's trying to tell the people who they are. 133 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:24.079 And then David comes along and says, who's this philistine 134 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.439 that defies the living army or the army of the 135 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.920 living God. Right, you know, so David has the right perspective, right, 136 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:32.959 he said, we're not the servants of Saul, We're the 137 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:34.759 servants of the living God. 138 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:39.519 So that's whe're at we're going to start off. Then 139 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.319 in verse thirty two, and we'll read to I think 140 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.759 the end of the chapter. But here's just says David 141 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:46.920 comes and he says, don't worry about this philistine. David 142 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.480 told Saul, Saul's the king. I'll go fight him. Don't 143 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:52.600 be ridiculous. Saul replied, there's no way you can fight 144 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.800 this philistine and possibly win. You're only a boy, and 145 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:58.759 he's been a man of war since his youth. But 146 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.560 David persisted, I'd been taking care of my father's sheep 147 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:03.800 and goats, he said. When a lion or a bear 148 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:05.800 comes to steal a lamb from the flock, I go 149 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:07.639 after it with a club and rescue the lamb from 150 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.079 his mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch 151 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:12.240 it by the jaw and club it to death. I've 152 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:14.519 done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do 153 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.439 it to this pagan philistine too. Frize defied the armies 154 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.199 of the Living God. The Lord who rescued me from 155 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:22.120 the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue 156 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:26.079 me from this philistine. Saul finally consented. All right, go ahead, 157 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.879 he said, and may the Lord be with you. Then 158 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.600 Saul gave David his own armor, a bronze helmet, and 159 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.879 a coat of mail. David put it on and strapped 160 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.519 his sword over it, and took a step or two 161 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:37.399 to see what it was like, for he'd never warn 162 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.360 such things before. I can't go in these, he protested 163 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.120 to Saul. I'm not used to them. So David took 164 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.399 them off again, and he picked up five smooth stones 165 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.439 from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then, 166 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:51.319 armed only with his father or with his shepherd's staff 167 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:55.839 and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine. 168 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.519 Gliath walked out toward David with a shield bear ahead 169 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.800 of him, sneering in content at this ruddy faced boy. 170 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.240 Am I a dog? He roared at David that you 171 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.920 come at me with a stick, and he cursed David 172 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:09.319 by the names of his gods. Come over here, and 173 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.519 I'll give your flesh to the birds of wild animals, 174 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:14.639 Gliath yelled. David replied to the Philistine, you come to 175 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.079 me with swords, spear and javelin, But I come to 176 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.000 you in the name of the Lord of Heaven's armies, 177 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:20.959 the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have 178 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.959 defied today. The Lord will conquer you, and I will 179 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.360 kill you and cut off your head, and then I'll 180 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.199 give the dead bodies of your men to the birds 181 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:30.399 and wild animals, and the whole world will know that 182 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.399 there's a god in Israel, and everyone assembled here will 183 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.759 know that the Lord rescues his people. But now with 184 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.200 sword and spear, this is the Lord's battle, and he 185 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:42.039 will give you to us. As Goliath moved closer to attack, 186 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.600 David quickly ran out to meet him, and reaching into 187 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:47.159 his shepherd's bag and taking out a stone, he hurled 188 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:49.480 it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. 189 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.679 The stone sank in and Goliath stumbled and fell face 190 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:55.600 down on the ground. So David triumphed over the Philistine 191 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:57.080 with only a sling and a stone, for he had 192 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:59.960 no sword. Then David ran over and pulled Goliath's sword 193 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.159 from his sheath, and David used it to kill him 194 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.799 and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that 195 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.120 the champion was dead, they turned and ran. Then the 196 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.000 men of Israel and Judah gave a great shout of 197 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:13.559 triumph and rushed over after the Philistines, chasing them as 198 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.879 far as Gath and the gates of Akron. The bodies 199 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.039 of the dead and wounded Philistines were strewn all along 200 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:22.360 the road from Shareem as far as Gath and Akron. 201 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.399 Then the Israelite army returned and plundered the deserted Philistine camp. 202 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.799 David took the Philistine's head to Jerusalem, but he stored 203 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:32.480 the man's armor in his own tent. As Saul watched 204 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:35.639 David go out to fight the Philistines, he asked Abner, 205 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.000 the commander of his army. Abner, whose son is this, 206 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.120 young man? I really don't know, Abner declared, Well, find 207 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:42.559 out who he is, the king told him, and as 208 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.600 soon as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner brought him 209 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:47.840 to Saul with the philistines head still in his hand. 210 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:51.039 Tell me about your father, young man, and he replied, 211 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:54.840 his name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem. There 212 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.360 you go, I'll tell you what. 213 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:02.840 There are at least twenty sermons this one chapter. You know, like, 214 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:04.919 I mean, think about it. I mean, you've preached on 215 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.639 all of these, right, I'm sure, or at least you've 216 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:07.960 heard of that. 217 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:10.360 I think twenty two sermons. 218 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:14.720 You find more truths than me I thought I find 219 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:21.799 a lot of truths. Jeff, you me, you mean, okay, 220 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:27.120 so uh so. So the first thing that stands out 221 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:31.960 to me is, here's Saul parroting Goliath, right, So he 222 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:35.799 has been so convinced that, you know, he's forgotten completely 223 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:37.399 that God is with them and that God's going to 224 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:40.600 win the battle and everything else, that he's repeating what 225 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:43.279 Goliath said. You know, that's what That's what we do, 226 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.159 don't we when the world tells us we're no good? 227 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.360 You know, we listen to the voices of Sometimes parents 228 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.799 are coaches, or people that don't believe in us. Maybe 229 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.679 perhaps you've heard a promise from God and somebody around 230 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:58.960 you uses logic over faith and they say, no, you 231 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:02.000 can't do that. That's a that's a terrible idea. What 232 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:04.600 are you thinking? That's crazy? And so what we do 233 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.600 is we listen and we start to parrot that advice 234 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:10.799 over the promises of God. That's what Saul's doing. And 235 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:12.240 then what else stands out to you? 236 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:18.879 All the soldiers were terrified, Yeah, and you know, these 237 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.799 are fighting men, and Goliath is such an intimidating person 238 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.360 and he's kind of, I don't know, his pr is 239 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:28.519 kind of out ahead of him, and he's like, oh 240 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.639 my goodness, everybody's terrified. But I think it's funny that David, 241 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:34.720 who's not a professional fighter, he shows up and he's 242 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.440 not thinking from a warrior standpoint. He's just looking at 243 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.480 this giant going he's too big to miss. 244 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.200 Right, right? 245 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.879 Why are you guys afraid of this guy? And there's 246 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:45.919 a note here in the Life Avabication Study Bible that 247 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.320 talks about the fact that David saw a mortal man 248 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.000 who was defying the God of the armies of Israel, right, 249 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:57.120 and the soldiers forgot about God, forgot about who they were, 250 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:00.799 their identity in God, and instead and the fact that 251 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:02.600 God was one who always went and fought their battles 252 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:05.279 for them, right, And instead they for some reason they think, 253 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.799 well I got to fight this one. And they were 254 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.919 terrified of what they could see. And David's like, Hey, 255 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.799 if God's forest, this guy's too big to miss. Yeah, 256 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:14.720 And I love that. 257 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:18.000 Another sermon in there is here's David risking his life 258 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.399 for a sheep, and it's just a testament about how 259 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:24.120 much he puts himself into his work. I mean, think 260 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.840 about it's a whole sermon on work isn't that. It's 261 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.799 like here he is at his job, they're not. I mean, 262 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:31.720 I guess they are his sheep, and they're connected to 263 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.879 his prosperity, I guess. But really, ultimately he's so young. 264 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:37.679 He's still a teenager at this point. It's you know, 265 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.159 you know how it is when you're that age, how 266 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.759 many people think like an owner. You know, when they 267 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.399 work at a business. You know what Chick fil a 268 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:50.440 kid or McDonald's kid who's sixteen's working there, you know, 269 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.480 takes such pride in that business that they would do 270 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.000 the same thing that an owner would. 271 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:57.080 But here's the ones that are going to be successful 272 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.600 when they're old, correct, That's who does that? 273 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.639 That's right? And so what does he do? He risks 274 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:05.480 his very life for the sheep and says, oh, I've 275 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:05.960 done this with. 276 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.879 A bear and a lion and the lions. 277 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 Yeah, that's right. Multiple and then another sermon in there 278 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:15.039 is the faith that he has. But I mean, think 279 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:17.679 about just you know, he's like, hey, I know who 280 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.240 I am. I'm I'm chosen by God to be king. 281 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:23.559 The promises of God say one day I'll be king. 282 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:25.360 Well I'm not king yet. Guess what I'm going to live. 283 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.000 So I have no problem facing this bear and lion. 284 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.399 This isn't going to be my end because I'm trusting 285 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:33.720 in the promises of God. I sometimes think that. I 286 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.240 sometimes think he's like, I know, I'm going to be okay, 287 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:38.000 you know he is. 288 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:41.559 Well, you're not going to get to heaven one minute early, right, right, right, 289 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:45.759 So there's nothing to fear. Yeah, I love that the 290 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:51.240 conversation that you were having about work. I did a 291 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:54.840 message series one time called Hidden Valleys, and there's an 292 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.679 old song that says hidden valleys turned shepherds into kings. 293 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:03.240 And what David did in those valleys, those hidden valleys 294 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:05.000 where he's walking around with his sheep, taking care of 295 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:08.399 the sheep, set him up for the rest of his life. Right, 296 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.919 So it was his faithfulness, it was his character. A 297 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.799 number of the psalms, especially the praise songs that were 298 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.919 written in the Book of Psalms, were written during that 299 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:23.440 time before he was famous. His skill set with the sling. 300 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:27.279 It's not like suddenly he was miraculously good with the sling, 301 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:34.679 you know, laser focused and that accurate. He developed that skill. 302 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:38.360 He became a great musician while he was in these 303 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.559 hidden valleys, and nobody else could show him nothing. But 304 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.679 he squared off with lions and bears, and he tested 305 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:46.200 himself physically, and he did hard things. And I've talked 306 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.360 about that before. One of the big challenges I had 307 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:50.200 when I was in my very early twenties was to 308 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:53.600 read this book called Do Hard Things, or I'm not 309 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:55.039 sure if the book was called it, but that was 310 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:58.240 the big theme. The subtitle was do hard things. And 311 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:02.159 there's something to that. Challenge yourself and then you succeed. 312 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:08.360 It stretches your capacity and you can do harder things 313 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.559 now because you did hard things before. Right. 314 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:10.879 Right. 315 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:14.919 You lift heavier things tomorrow because you lift heavy things yesterday. Right. 316 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.320 That's how your muscle builds all these things. And so 317 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:22.240 he was not just sitting around on a rock, bored 318 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.720 to death, mad that his dad seems to think that 319 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:29.360 he's the lowest of the eight sons. He's not pitying himself. 320 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:31.519 He's not like, oh, you know what, I'm a victim 321 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:34.879 of my circumstances. My dad gives my brothers great opportunities. 322 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.480 He never none of those things. He just kept refining 323 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:42.240 his skills and getting better and better and better and better, 324 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.440 and so then he shows up. So the hidden valleys thing. 325 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.720 Hidden valleys turned him into a world class musician. He 326 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:51.519 winds up playing for the king. Hidden Valley's turned him 327 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:54.480 into a great warrior. The hidden valley when nobody else 328 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.799 is watching, is what turning I think set him up 329 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:01.159 to become a great king. And it references his character. 330 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.799 There was a famous preacher used to say, the test 331 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:06.960 of your character is what you do when nobody's watching. 332 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:08.840 Right, that's awesome, and. 333 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.399 There's something to that. David was great before he showed 334 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.320 up this day. He didn't become great on that day. 335 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.000 He was already great. 336 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:17.759 That's great. And then another sermon hidden in here is 337 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.200 Saul trying to give David his own armory. 338 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.519 And David, which makes sense, by the way, that makes sense, right, 339 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:26.720 you don't know what you're doing here. Use my armor. 340 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.960 It works for me, it'll work for you. 341 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:31.399 Yeah, and and and yet David says, hey, this isn't mine. 342 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:35.039 And you know, I remember we used to use this analogy. 343 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:37.120 I worked at a church where there were you know, 344 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.200 bits of big church, several campuses, a lot of lead speakers, 345 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.440 and what would happen is like, for instance, I would 346 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:45.759 write a message and then somebody else would try to 347 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.600 preach the message that I wrote, right and and but 348 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.919 but then sometimes it just didn't work. The reason why 349 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:55.720 I couldn't work is because it wasn't their message, It 350 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:58.399 wasn't something, it wasn't theirs. They had to work on 351 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:00.639 it to make it theirs. And so the analogy that 352 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:04.480 we used to use is we used to say, hey, 353 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.480 don't you don't have to wear Sal's armor. You just 354 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:09.319 have to come back with Goliath's head right, right, and 355 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:11.160 so just go out there and get the victory. So 356 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.079 you don't have to be somebody else or not, you know, 357 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:15.960 don't don't worry about wearing Sal's armor. Just get the victory. 358 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:19.920 And so it's a pretty gruesome analogy, but it translates 359 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:24.039 into our you know, our lives as well. Like your 360 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:26.960 parents' faith doesn't have to be your faith, you know, 361 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:29.400 you know, your faith can be your own faith, but 362 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:33.240 you can have the victory yourself. And I'm sure that 363 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.880 you know. There's more sermons in here, but one of 364 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:38.720 the questions I'm going to ask David when I get 365 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.799 to Heaven, because I believe we will be able to 366 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.400 ask questions heaven, did you believe that. 367 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:44.920 Yeah, as I'm going to ask him, I'm planning on it. 368 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:46.960 Is it true that the reason why you chose five 369 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:50.680 smooth stones was because Goliath had four brothers? Because I've 370 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.759 always heard it in sermons. Yes, it's true that Goliath 371 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:57.839 had four brothers. We find that out later, and so 372 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:00.480 therefore we're connecting the dots, right. It doesn't say why 373 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:04.519 we can't. We can't definitely say why. We don't know 374 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:07.559 the heart's intent. God didn't include that. But there's a 375 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:12.480 pretty strong chance that that's, you know, based on custom. 376 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:16.400 You know, brothers were avenging their other brothers. Right, there's 377 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.799 a pretty strong chance that the reason why he chose 378 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.359 five wasn't because he needed five shots, but because he 379 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:24.880 knew that Goliath had four brothers. Pretty cool. 380 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:26.920 I think that's probably, yeah, very likely. 381 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:31.000 Yes, it'd be one of my questions, one of your questions. Sure, 382 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:34.640 I was just wondered because you know, I yeah, I 383 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:37.200 also have a thing. Side note, this is a sidebark. 384 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.319 I also have a thing. I have a thing where 385 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.640 when preachers act like they know something when they don't, 386 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:45.119 and I just can't stand it. You know. It's that 387 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:47.119 whole scripture where it says don't add a jot or 388 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:50.160 tittle right where preachures like, this is why he did it, 389 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.920 And I'm like, what you meant to say was there's 390 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:54.799 a really good chance this is why he did it 391 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:58.160 because you don't know. You just you just correct yourself 392 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:00.960 just a little bit, because we shouldn't add to God's word. Right. 393 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:03.799 So I have this thing where I remember one time 394 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.720 I listened to a guy preaching. He says, let me 395 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:09.720 tell you why Jesus turned around. Is he turned around? 396 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.279 Not because of this? 397 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.880 Because of this? 398 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.640 And after the sermon, I go, did you really just 399 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:19.680 pretend to assume God's motives? Because that's kind of not 400 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.480 in the scripture. 401 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:25.599