Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000219
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00:01 WHAT IF THOSE WHO CALLED
00:02 THEMSELVES CHILDREN OF GOD, 00:03 WHAT IF THOSE WHO THINK THAT 00:05 JESUS IS OUR ELDER BROTHER WOULD 00:07 STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE 00:09 WE ARE UNDER ATTACK ? 00:11 OH WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY IT 00:12 WOULD BE FOR THE CHURCH ! 00:14 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:21 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:25 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:31 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:39 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:43 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:49 JESSE COMES TO DAVID AND HE SAYS, 00:51 "I'VE GOT ANOTHER TASK AND THIS ONE IS EVEN WORSE THAN THE ONE YOU'RE DOING NOW. 00:54 I WANT YOU TO BE THE DELIVERY BOY FOR FOOD TO YOUR BROTHERS." 00:59 NOW IF DAVID HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT -- "NOW IF I GO 01:02 DOWN THERE WITH FOOD, THEY ALREADY TALK ABOUT ME. 01:07 THEY'RE LAUGHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M KEEPING SHEEP AND THEY'RE DOWN THERE FIGHTING. 01:11 NOW I'M GONNA COME WITH TEN 01:13 BIG LOAVES OF BREAD AND TEN 01:16 CONTAINERS OF CHEESE FOR THE LEADER. 01:20 AND IF I GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE 01:21 ALL THIS STUFF THEY'RE GONNA 01:23 HAVE A BALL LAUGHING AT ME." 01:25 BUT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, 01:26 WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE SAY ? 01:30 IF YOU PLEASE GOD, YOU DO WELL. 01:33 PLEASE GOD AND DO WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR SIGHT 01:38 AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE OPINION POLLS. 01:41 SO, DAVID DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH ARMS LEFT TO TAKE A GRAND MACHINE OF ARMAMENT WITH HIM. 01:49 HE'S GOT BREAD, HE'S GOT CHEESE, AND HE'S ON THE WAY DOWN. 01:53 AND I THINK WHAT HE MUST HAVE IMAGINED ON THE WAY TO SHOKOH. 01:59 "I'M GONNA GO DOWN HERE AND I'M GOING TO SEE KING SAUL 02:02 AND ALL OF GOD'S PEOPLE FIGHTING AND SMIGHTING THE PHILISTINES. 02:07 I'M GOING TO SEE MY BROTHERS, FIGHTING AND ACQUITTING THEMSELVES AS MEN." 02:12 AND AS HE CAME WITH THE BREAD, SOME SUGGEST THAT HE MAY HAVE 02:14 HAD IT SUSPENDED ON SOME POLE, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. 02:18 BUT OTHERS WANT TO SAY THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN SOME NET LIKE STRUCTURE. 02:21 BUT HE CARRIES ALL THIS BREAD AND THIS CHEESE AND HE WANTS TO GET THERE. 02:26 AND AS HE ARRIVES, HE PERHAPS IS WAITING TO HEAR 02:28 THE CLANKING OF METAL AS WAR GOES ON. 02:33 BUT FOR 40 DAYS, THERE'S ONLY BEEN MAYBE LITTLE SKIRMISHES. 02:39 BUT MOSTLY THEY'RE JUST BEEN WATCHING -- YOU KNOW COLD WAR; 02:49 SABER RATTLING. 02:52 GOLIATH COMES OUT IN THE MORNING, 02:53 GOLIATH COMES OUT AT NIGHT, 02:55 AND IN BETWEEN THEY POSTURE, 02:59 STYLING, SMILING AND PROFILING. 03:05 NOTHING HAPPENING -- JUST ARRAY IN BATTLE. 03:10 AND AS DAVID APPROACHES WITH THE BREAD AND THE CHEESE, 03:15 HIS BROTHER, ELIAB, THE OLDER BROTHER COMES OUT; 03:18 NOT EVEN THANKFUL THAT DAVID HAS COME SAYS, 03:21 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ?" 03:23 "WELL, I BROUGHT YOU FOOD, DAD WANTED YOU TO HAVE IT AND I BROUGHT IT HERE. 03:28 WHAT'S GOING ON ? 03:33 ARE YOU FIGHTING NOW OR WHAT ? 03:34 ARE YOU TAKING A BREAK ?" 03:38 "WELL, LOOK, TELL YOU WHAT DAVID; YOU BROUGHT THE FOOD 03:41 TURN YOUR LITTLE OLD SELF AROUND AND GO BACK HOME. 03:45 WHO'S KEEPING THE SHEEP ? 03:47 HOW IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU TO LEAVE OUR LITTLE SHEEP WITH NOBODY TO CARE FOR THEM. 03:52 WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO WHAT DAD ASKED YOU TO DO 03:55 AND WHAT YOUR CAPABILITIES ARE WELL SUITED FOR. 03:59 GO BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THE SHEEP OK ? 04:01 LEAVE THE WAR TO US. 04:02 IS THAT OK LITTLE BROTHER ?" 04:05 IN FACT, IT GETS A LITTLE NASTIER THAN THAT. 04:08 "THIS IS REALLY NOT YOUR BUSINESS, YOU KNOW. 04:10 YOUR FANCY IDEAS ABOUT SERVING IN THE TEMPLE 04:14 HAVE KIND OF GOTTEN ON MY NERVES ANYHOW. 04:18 WHY DON'T YOU TURN AROUND AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND THAT PATH THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE, 04:22 AND TAKE YOURSELF BACK AND TEND THE SHEEP AS FATHER ASKED YOU TO DO ?" 04:28 DAVID SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW I'M GONNA GO BACK, 04:30 BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME FIGHTING GOING ON HERE. 04:36 HAVE YOU FOUGHT AT ALL ?" 04:38 "DAVID, WHAT DID I TELL YOU ? 04:41 YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU'RE INEXPERIENCED. 04:44 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN A WAR ?" 04:46 "WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A WAR, 04:47 BUT I THINK I KNOW WHAT ONE LOOKS LIKE. 04:51 AND I MEAN. . . THIS IS. . . WHAT HAPPENS ?" 04:54 WELL, ALLOW ME TO PUT GOLIATH INTO THIS MIXTURE BECAUSE THIS IS A PERFECT TIME. 05:02 ELIAB AND DAVID ARE DISCUSSING THE NUANCES OF COLD WAR 05:08 WHEN THAT VOICE COMES AGAIN, 05:10 "ISRAEL. . . RAEL. . . RAEL." 05:16 "WHAT'S THAT ?" 05:18 "OH, LOOK NOW, NOW THAT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, OK ? 05:23 REALLY, JUST DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT !" 05:25 "YEAH, BUT DID YOU HEAR HIM ? 05:29 HE'S A BIG GUY. 05:31 WHAT IS IT. . . ? 05:32 DOES HE DO THIS OFTEN ?" 05:34 "LOOK, DAVID, COME HERE. 05:39 HOME IS THAT WAY. 05:42 HOME." 05:44 "YEAH, BUT SEE. . . YOU HEAR WHAT HE'S SAYING DOWN THERE ? 05:49 ARE YOU LETTING HIM TALK ABOUT GOD'S PEOPLE LIKE THAT ? 05:54 GOD DOESN'T LIKE THAT. 05:56 THE NAME OF GOD IS TO BE HONORED. 05:59 AND I KNOW SOMETHING; THAT GOD WON'T PUT UP WITH THAT KIND OF FOOLISHNESS ! 06:03 I MAY BE YOUNG, AND I MAY BE INEXPERIENCED, 06:05 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. 06:08 I WAS KEEPING THE SHEEP THE OTHER DAY 06:10 AND A BEAR CAME OUT AFTER ONE OF THE SHEEP AND I PRAYED AND SAID, 06:15 'GOD HELP ME OUT !' 06:17 AND I WENT OVER AND TOOK THE SHEEP FIRST, MADE SURE THE SHEEP WAS OK. 06:20 AND THEN BEFORE THE BEAR COULD LEAVE, IN THE NAME OF GOD, 06:23 I WENT AND TOOK HIM OUT. 06:29 I'M TALKING ABOUT A BEAR, OK ? 06:31 A FEW DAYS LATER, A LION OUT OF NOWHERE COMES OUT AND GETS ONE OF THE SHEEP. 06:36 I COULD HAVE LET HIM GO. 06:38 BUT I MADE SURE THE SHEEP WAS OK AND THEN I WENT OUT AND GRABBED THE LION AND TOOK HIM OUT. 06:44 NOW I DON'T KNOW WHOEVER THIS IS DOWN THERE IN THE VALLEY, 06:48 BUT IF GOD CAN HELP ME KILL A LION AND KILL A BEAR, 06:52 I BELIEVE GOD CAN HELP YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINE OUT HERE, YOU KNOW. 06:59 I MEAN, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING !" 07:03 NOW, WHAT HE DID IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY KIND. 07:07 STICK WITH ME -- THIS IS IMPORTANT. 07:09 THESE ARE NUANCES BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT. 07:12 HE WOULD NOT ANSWER HIS BROTHER IN THE SAME WAY THAT HIS BROTHER 07:16 TALKED TO HIM BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE MAY 07:19 HAVE BEEN SOME JEALOUSY THERE. 07:25 YOU KNOW, NOT IN THE CHURCH I'M SURE ! 07:27 SO, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE JEALOUSY. 07:31 NOW WATCH THE OTHER THING. 07:33 NO MATTER HOW ELIAB TALKS TO DAVID, 07:35 HE WILL NOT ANSWER HIM IN KIND BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE IN BATTLE, 07:41 YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO FIGHT YOUR FAMILY. 07:50 OH, THAT WAS SO GOOD IT IMPRESSED ME. 07:59 AND WE'RE ALWAYS SAYING, "THESE ARE HARD TIMES. 08:02 I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THERE ARE PERILOUS TIMES." 08:04 AND THERE ARE. 08:05 BUT IF WE ARE IN A STATE OF WAR, HOW IS IT WE HAVE SO MUCH TIME 08:09 TO FIGHT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ? 08:13 WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT ENERGY AND READ THE WORD ? 08:17 WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT ENERGY AND FIGHT THE DEVIL ? 08:20 WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT ENERGY AND FIGHT THE BATTLE IN THE NAME OF GOD ? 08:24 WHEN YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK YOU SHOULDN'T' FIGHT EACH OTHER. 08:27 IN FACT, THE FAMILY OF GOD OUGHT TO START ACTING LIKE FAMILY 08:31 OR WE OUGHT TO STOP CALLING EACH OTHER BROTHER AND SISTER. 08:34 (applause) 08:40 WHAT IF CHRISTIANS, WHAT IF THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHILDREN OF GOD, 08:45 WHAT IF THOSE WHO THINK THAT JESUS IS OUR ELDER BROTHER 08:48 WOULD STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER ATTACK ? 08:52 OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY IT WOULD BE FOR THE CHURCH. 08:56 SO, HE DOESN'T ANSWER BECAUSE THE BATTLE IS ON. 09:00 NOW HE DOES NOT ADVANCE HIMSELF EITHER TO THE KING, 09:03 BUT ALLOWS HIS BROTHER TO PASS THE NEWS. 09:06 AND SAUL CALLS FOR DAVID AND SAYS, 09:10 "SON, WHAT IS IT ?" 09:12 "WELL, SIR, YOUR HIGHNESS, 09:17 I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO GO OUT 09:22 AND UH AND ANSWER THAT THAT MAN." 09:28 HE SAYS, "SON, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO SUCH THINGS 09:32 AND I MUST SAY TO YOU THAT STATE CRAFT IS COMPLICATED. 09:39 THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. 09:42 BUT I, IN MY GRAND EXPERIENCE HAVE LEARNED 09:46 THAT THESE THINGS ARE NEVER AS SIMPLE AS THEY APPEAR; 09:49 AND IF SON YOU WOULD BE SO KIND TO JUST GO BACK TO YOUR DUTIES 09:55 AND ALLOW ME TO TAKE CARE OF THIS I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER." 10:00 "WELL, SIR I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, I WAS JUST WONDERING 10:08 IS SOMEBODY GOING TO EVER GO ? 10:12 I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR FORTY DAYS. 10:19 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, 10:22 BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO GO, I WOULD GO." 10:30 "SON, YOU KNOW THAT'S IS SO NICE, OH GOD BLESS YOU BOY. 10:37 AND YOU KNOW YOU PLAY SO WELL, WE WOULDN'T LET A MUSICIAN, 10:42 YOU KNOW YOUR TALENT IS SO GREAT, WE COULD NOT RISK 10:47 SUCH A TALENTED YOUNG MAN OUT ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. 10:51 HAVE YOU SEEN THAT FELLOW ? 10:52 BIG GUY. 10:54 WE WOULD NEVER RISK YOUR TALENT. 10:57 YOU ARE BETTER SUITED FOR PLAYING. 10:58 COME, LET'S MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, 11:01 COME TO THTEMPLE 11:01 AGAIN AND PLAY. 11:03 DON'T THINK OF THESE THINGS. 11:04 DON'T TROUBLE YOUR YOUNG HEAD." 11:07 NOW ONE WRITER SAYS THAT DAVID COULD HAVE QUOTED TO SAUL 11:13 WHAT GOD HAD GIVEN THROUGH THE PASSING OF INFORMATION THAT WAS SACRED. 11:18 BUT EVIDENTLY, SAUL WAS NOT MOVED BY THE POWER OF GOD. 11:22 SO, INSTEAD OF QUOTING WHAT GOD WOULD SAY, 11:25 HE GAVE HIM SOME ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE. 11:29 SEE, IF YOU KNOW THAT SOMEBODY IS NOT INCLINED TO SCRIPTURE, 11:33 YOU'LL WASTE YOU TIME QUOTING SCRIPTURE. 11:35 BUT YOU CAN PROVE THAT GOD IS POWERFUL WITHOUT QUOTING FROM THE BIBLE. 11:40 BECAUSE NOBODY CAN TELL YOU THAT GOD DIDN'T DO FOR YOU WHAT YOU KNOW HE DID. 11:46 SO EVEN AN INFIDEL CANNOT SAY THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BLESSED. 11:52 I KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ME! 11:56 THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES, I REMEMBER, WE LIVED IN THE COLD PART OF THE UNITED STATES, 11:59 AND ONE TIME THEY GOT US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE COULDN'T' GET ANY OIL. 12:03 YOU KNOW, THOSE FOLK WHEN YOU GET INTO WINTERTIME, 12:05 THEY WANT THE CASH RIGHT NOW. 12:08 I SAID, "MAN, WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT IN AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT ?" 12:10 "NAW, THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS NOW. 12:13 IT'S COLD. 12:15 YOU GET THE MONEY, YOU CALL ME." 12:18 MY OIL WAS ALMOST GONE. 12:20 AND I WENT DOWN THERE, AND YOU MAY THIN I'M CRAZY, 12:22 BUT I WENT DOWN THERE BY THE TANK AND TALKED TO GOD. 12:27 YOU'RE GOD MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT MINE CAN. 12:31 PUT MY HAND ON THAT -- WELL NOW YOU'RE GONNA THINK I'M CRAZY. 12:36 BUT I PUT MY HAND ON THAT THING AND SAID, 12:38 "LORD, IF YOU COULD FILL THAT WOMAN'S OIL CRUSE BACK THERE WITH ELIJAH, 12:45 AND EVERY TIME SHE WENT BACK THERE WAS SOME MORE. 12:48 YOU ARE GOD YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW. 12:52 YOU SAY 'I AM GOD, I CHANGE NOT' AND I GET DOWN THERE AND I PRAISE HIM." 12:56 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID, BUT I KNOW THAT OIL DIDN'T RUN OUT UNTIL I GOT SOME MORE MONEY. 13:00 GOD WILL ANSWER PRAYER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE TO PROVE THAT GOD WILL. 13:06 SO, DAVID DOESN'T GO IN THERE AND TALK ABOUT SCRIPTURE. 13:08 HE COULD HAVE GONE IN THERE AND SAID, 13:10 "OH, KING, GOD HAS PROMISED THAT HE'LL FIGHT YOUR BATTLES FOR YOU." 13:14 BUT INSTEAD HE SAID, "WELL SIR, THERE WAS A BEAR THAT CAME 13:17 AFTER ME AND A LION AND I KNOW WHAT GOD CAN DO. 13:21 IF GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT BEAR, HE CAN GET HIM." 13:26 "WELL SON, IF YOU GOTTA GO, TAKE MY ARMOR." 13:31 NOW, INCIDENTALLY, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT 13:34 SAUL'S PERSONAL ARMOR THAT HE GAVE DAVID. 13:39 I WAS ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. 13:41 HE FELT THAT MAYBE IF HE HAD PUT HIS PERSONAL ARMOR ON DAV, 13:44 THAT MIGHT HAVE SUGGESTED THAT IN SOME DAY OR TIME THE YOUNG MAN MIGHT HAVE BECOME KING. 13:51 SO YOU DO NOT PUT YOUR KINGLY ARMOR ON THIS LAD, 13:56 BUT FROM HIS GATHERING OF ASSORTED ARMOR, 14:01 "COME, IS THAT A SMALL OVER THERE ? 14:04 BRING THAT EXTRA SMALL. 14:06 THE HELMET, WHAT SIZE SON ? 14:07 YOU NEED A HELMET. 14:08 PUT IT ON." 14:10 DAVID SAID, "WELL, IT'S OK. 14:12 BUT I HAVE NEVER WORKED IN THIS BEFORE. 14:15 JUST KIND OF LET ME USE WHAT I KNOW." 14:19 "WELL SON, WHAT YOU GOT ?" 14:20 "WELL WHAT I GOT IS GOD ON MY SIDE, THAT'S WHAT I GOT." 14:24 "SO YOU MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE WITHOUT ARMOR ?" 14:26 "YES SIR, I'M GONNA GO OUT WITHOUT ANY ARMOR THAT YOU CAN SEE, 14:30 BUT GOD IS MY ARMOR -- THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 14:36 YOU KNOW OVER THERE IS EPHESIANS, 14:37 MY FEET SHOD WITH THE PREPARATION 14:39 OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. 14:40 I GOT THE HELMET OF SALVATION ON; 14:43 I GOT A WHOLE SUIT OF ARMOR FROM EPHESIANS. 14:46 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY ARMOR, 14:48 BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, GOD'S GOT ME PROTECTED." 14:51 DAVID GOES OUT THERE, AND MY MAN IS STILL OUT THERE SAYING, 14:55 "SEND ME SOMEONE !" 14:57 WELL, EVIDENTLY THE WORD GOT DOWN THERE THAT SOMEBODY'S COMING. 15:00 SO GOLIATH COMES DOWN AND WORKS HIS WAY THROUGH THE VALLEY 15:03 GETS DOWN THERE IN THE MIDDLE. 15:05 "WHERE ARE YOU ?" 15:06 HE LOOKS UP AND THERE'S THIS LITTLE SCRAWNY GUY 15:12 AND DAVID IS MOVING TOO. 15:13 HE'S ALL BUSINESS. 15:15 HE PICKS UP FIVE SMOOTH STONES ON THE WAY DOWN. 15:20 AND THEN MY MAN TRIES TO GET INTO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE, 15:24 "YOU SEND ME A SKINNY LAD, LAD, LAD ? 15:31 I WILL TAKE HIS CARCASS AND FEED IT TO THE BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS." 15:38 DAVID SAID, "I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD." 15:45 (applause) 15:51 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL, TO PUT IT IN A MORE MODERN LANGUAGE. 15:55 IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO FEED BIRDS TODAY, IT'S GONNA BE YOU. 16:00 GOLIATH HAD SUGGESTED THAT THE TENDER BODY OF THIS YOUNG LAD 16:04 WOULD MAKE GOOD FOOD FOR THE BIRDS, 16:06 BUT WHAT DAVID SUGGESTS IS THAT IF THE BIRDS ARE REALLY HUNGRY 16:09 WHAT THEY NEED TO EAT TODAY IS A GIANT. 16:13 SO HE GOES NOW IN THE NAME OF GOD, PICKS UP THE STONES, 16:17 GETS DOWN THERE AND WHEN HE IS ALMOST THERE -- ONE HISTORIAN, 16:22 ONE COMMENTATOR SAYS THAT THE LAST TIME GOLIATH THUNDERED OUT OF HIS MOUTH, 16:27 "I WILL FEED YOU TO THE BIRDS" HIS HEAD SNAPPED BACK 16:30 AND PERHAPS THE FRONT PART OF HIS HEADPIECE, 16:34 OR MAYBE HIS WHOLE HELMET FELL OFF. 16:37 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE. 16:39 GOD DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE HELMET OFF. 16:41 BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK IN JUDGES, CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE 16, 16:46 YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT AMONG THE ISRAELITES, 16:49 THERE WERE 700 LEFT HANDED SLINGERS. 16:56 SEE YOU FOLK JUST THOUGHT THAT DAVID CAME OUT THERE UNPREPARED. 17:00 AMONG THE ISRAELITES, ESPECIALLY THOSE LEFT-HANDED FOLKS, 17:04 THEY PRACTICED SLINGING. 17:08 IT SAID THAT THEY COULD SLING WITHIN A HAIR'S BREADTH AND NOT MISS. 17:16 SO YOU KNOW LIKE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THEY SHOOT THE HOOP ? 17:21 IN THE ISRAELITE NEIGHBORHOOD, 17:22 "COME ON MAN, LET'S DO A LITTLE SLINGING. 17:26 CAN YOU HIT THAT TREE OVER THERE ?" 17:30 "WHICH ONE ?" 17:31 "THAT ONE." 17:33 "WHAT DO YOU THINK ?" 17:38 "OK, I'LL NOT ONLY HIT THAT TREE; I'LL HIT THAT LIMB ON IT." 17:46 THAT'S ALL THEY DID. 17:48 YOU KNOW HOW THE FOLKS CAN DO WHATEVER IT IS 17:51 THAT THEY PRACTICE ALL THE TIME, RIGHT ? 17:54 FOLK, THIS WAS SERIOUS. 17:56 THIS WAS NOT SOME, YOU KNOW YOU THINK 17:57 "OH, SEE WHAT GOD DID, HE JUST PULLED SOME PLAN OUT OF SKY." 18:02 NO, NO, NO, NO ! 18:04 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER DAVID WAS LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED -- IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. 18:08 BUT THERE WERE 700 LEFT HANDED SLINGERS WHO WERE TRAINED 18:13 TO HIT WITHIN A HAIR'S BREADTH AND NOT MISS. 18:17 THIS MAN WASN'T KIDDING WHEN HE PICKED UP THOSE STONES. 18:20 THIS WAS NO JOKE. 18:22 HE WAS PREPARED FOR BUSINESS. 18:24 IF YOU CAN HIT WITHIN A HAIR'S BREADTH, 18:28 CAN YOU HIT THAT MUCH OF A GIANT ? 18:30 WELL, THAT'S MY HEAD. 18:32 GIANT'S HEAD ABOUT LIKE THAT. 18:37 SO DAVID GOES OUT, THE MAN TALKING ABOUT, 18:39 "YOU COME TO ME ALL. . ." 18:41 DAVID SAYS, "I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD." 18:45 DAVID NEVER TOOK THE POWER TO HIMSELF, 18:48 BUT WHEN HE LET THAT STONE GO, 18:50 IT LANDED AND SUNK IN THE FOREHEAD OF THAT GIANT. 18:57 THE SCHOLARS NEVER WANT GOD TO BE POWERFUL. 19:02 THEY SAY THAT GIANTS, BECAUSE OF THEIR GLANDULAR PROBLEMS, 19:09 HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS KNOWN AS A LATERAL BLINDNESS. 19:13 SO THEY SAY A GIANT CAN SOMETIMES NOT DECIPHER WHAT IS ON THIS SIDE OR THAT. 19:22 BUT THEY BASICALLY CAN SEE ONLY IN FRONT OF THEM. 19:25 SO THEY SUGGEST THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT GOLIATH 19:29 MADE A TACTICAL ERROR IN LOOKING TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER 19:34 AND WHILE HE LOOKED HE COULD NOT PERCEIVE THAT DAVID HAD COME TOO CLOSE ! 19:39 AND THAT'S HOW DAVID GOT THE STONE TO LAND WHERE IT WAS. 19:44 I BELIEVE THAT DAVID HAD ENOUGH SKILL TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WEAPON 19:52 AND ENOUGH WISDOM TO PRAY THE RIGHT PRAYER. 19:58 BECAUSE WHEN YOU COMBINE A CONSECRATED HEART 20:04 WITH AN UNFAILING GOD, YOU CAN'T LOSE. 20:11 AND ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SAY, "LORD, I KNOW I GOT SKILL, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR TODAY. 20:18 IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN AIM THIS ONE FOR ME ?" 20:22 IF THEY ARMY OF THE UNTIED STATES CAN MAKE A MISSILE 20:30 THAT CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THE SKY AND HAS IN IT SYSTEMS, 20:35 THAT CAN MAKE IT ADJUST ITS PATH IN MID AIR. 20:42 YOU KNOW THEY GOT THOSE DON'T YOU ? 20:44 MISSILE GOES THIS WAY, TARGET MOVES, MISSILE TURNS. 20:49 SEE, IF MAN CAN MAKE A MISSILE DO THAT, 20:54 YOU THINK GOD MIGHT BE ABLE TO TURN A ROCK ? 20:57 (applause) 21:07 SEE YOU GOT TO QUIT THINKING ON PURELY HUMAN TERMS. 21:10 IF GOD BE FOR YA, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YA ? 21:14 THIS YOUNG MAN DOES NOT GO OUT ON HIS OWN POWER. 21:17 IF YOU GO OUT IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH, 21:19 IF YOU GO FOR THE GLORIFICATION OF YOUR OWN NAME, 21:22 THEN ANYTHING IS LIABLE TO HAPPEN TO YOU. 21:24 BUT IF YOU GO IN THE NAME OF GOD, GOD WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. 21:29 THE PEOPLE OF GOD WERE UNDER ATTACK. 21:31 GOD'S NAME WAS BEING VILIFIED EVERY DAY FOR FORTY DAYS. 21:36 GOD SENT A FLOOD AND MADE IT RECEDE IN FORTY DAYS. 21:40 JESUS WENT IN THE WILDERNESS AND FASTED UNTIL HE GOT READY 21:43 FOR HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY IN FORTY DAYS. 21:45 IT WAS AN ENOUGH, AND GOD ARRANGED FOR JESSE TO SEND THAT BOY DOWN THERE. 21:51 GOD ARRANGED FOR THAT YOUNG MAN TO SAY, 21:52 "I DON'T NEED YOUR ARMOR." 21:54 GOD ARRANGED FOR HIS TO HAVE A BEAR TO FIGHT SO HE COULD LEARN, 21:57 AND A LION TO FIGHT SO HE COULD LEARN. 22:00 AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS: 22:02 YOU MAY HAVE SOME PROBLEM RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WISH GOD WOULD TAKE AWAY. 22:07 BUT THAT PROBLEM MAY BE YOUR BEAR, 22:09 GETTING YOU READY FOR A GIANT. 22:14 BECAUSE IF GOD CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO KILL BEARS, 22:17 THEN WHEN YOU MEET GIANTS, YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID. 22:20 IF GOD CAN SHOW YOU THAT BY HIS STRENGTH YOU CAN TAKE OUT A LION, 22:25 THEN WHEN YOUR GIANT COMES THROUGH THE VALLEY, YOU WILL NOT RUN. 22:30 YOU'LL KNOW THAT WITH GOD'S POWER YOU CAN WIN. 22:34 YOU AND I MUST COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WORLD, 22:39 MODERN AS IT MAY SEEM TO BE, POST-MODERN AS IT MAYBE, 22:46 COME NOW TO A TIME WHEN PEOPLE'S IMAGINATION IS GONE. 22:51 THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU READ FROM THE BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE, 22:54 SINCE IT'S NOT ON TELEVISION PEOPLE SAY, 22:56 "I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 22:58 I CAN'T COMPREHEND IT. 23:01 I'D RATHER SIT DOWN IN FRONT OF A TELEVISION SCREEN 23:04 AND JUST LET THEM FORCE FEED ME. 23:06 SEE, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 23:09 BUT THESE WORDS, SOME OF THESE WORDS, I DON'T KNOW THEM." 23:13 LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 23:14 YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES AND THEN YOU PICK UP YOUR BIBLE. 23:20 GOD WILL TAKE THESE WORDS. . . 23:24 PULL THEM UP OFF THE PAGE. 23:27 THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED UPON HOLY PEOPLE AS THEY WROTE THIS BOOK. 23:33 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS STILL ALIVE. 23:37 SO IF THE HOLY SPIRIT WALKS WITH YOU AND TALKS WITH YOU, 23:42 THEN YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK 23:46 TO HELP YOU INTERPRET WHAT HE TOLD THEM TO WRITE. 23:50 SO WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE WORD, SURE THE WORDS MAY BE STRANGE, 23:55 BUT GOD CAN LIFT CHARACTERS OFF OF THESE PAGES. 23:59 I TREMBLE TO THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN HAVING TO TRUST IN SPORTS FIGURES. 24:06 YOU'VE HEARD THEM SAY IT, "I'M NOT YOUR ROLE MODEL." 24:10 THEY'RE RIGHT ! 24:11 GOD DOES NOT INTEND FOR OUR CHILDREN TO TRUST IN SPORTS 24:15 FIGURES TO GET THEIR INSPIRATION. 24:17 GOD DOES NOT INTEND FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE 24:20 LITTLE PLASTIC FIGURES THAT THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN. 24:23 GOD DOES NOT INTEND FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF OUR SOCIETY 24:26 TO HAVE TO SEE THEMSELVES AS THEY ARE PORTRAYED ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN. 24:30 SOME YOUNG PEOPLE ONLY SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM 24:33 WITH HANDCUFFS GETTING INTO POLICE CARS. 24:36 THAT IS NOT WHAT GOD WANTS THEM TO SEE. 24:39 WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO SEE IS THAT YOU CAN BE A DAVID. 24:44 YOU CAN HAVE THE PER OF GOD THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR 24:49 YOU TO KILL LIONS AND BEARS AND GIANTS, 24:55 BECAUSE ONE DAY A GIANT WILL COME. 24:58 SOME OF YOU SITTING BEFORE ME JUST NOW HAVE GOT SOME GIANTS IN YOUR LIFE; 25:04 AND YOU'VE BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR LONGER THAN FORTY DAYS 25:08 LETTING THAT GIANT TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD. 25:12 SITTING UP TWIDDLING YOUR THUMBS AND EXAMINING YOUR NAVEL 25:15 WHILE YOU OUGHT TO BE ON YOUR KNEES ASKING GOD TO SEND YOU SOME POWER. 25:19 BECAUSE THERE IS NO GIANT WHO'S BIG ENOUGH 25:22 FOR GOD NOT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT. 25:24 INSTEAD OF LETTING YOUR GIANT COWER YOU, 25:27 LETTING YOUR GIANT LOCK YOU IN YOUR TENT, 25:30 INSTEAD OF LETTING YOUR GIANT MAKE IT SEEM THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, 25:33 WHY DON'T YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES AND GET GOD TO ARM YOU. 25:39 GOD WILL SHOW YOU IN YOUR LIFE SOME SMOOTH STONE SOMEWHERE, 25:43 AND SOME PROCLIVITY THAT YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE, 25:45 GOD WILL AIM SOME WEAPON AND TAKE OUT YOUR GIANT 25:49 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD ACCOMPLISHES 25:52 WHEN WE GIVE OUR LIVES TO HIM. 25:54 TONIGHT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T USE WHAT WE HAVE. 25:59 AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO AVAIL YOURSELF 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