Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, we thank
You so much for the privilege
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of coming to
Your house of worship.
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We ask that You will pour out
Your Holy Spirit upon this place
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as we open Your Holy
Word, particularly of the study
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of the marvels from
the book of Genesis.
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And we thank You for hearing
our prayer for we ask it in
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Jesus' name, Amen.
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I'd like to begin our study
today by turning to that very
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central and important verse,
Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:15.
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This verse is central to
everything that we're studying
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in this seminar. Here
God is speaking to the
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serpent and He says this:
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That is the
serpent and the woman.
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That is the Seed of the woman.
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Now you'll notice here
that the Seed of the woman,
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according to this prophecy,
was going to bruise the head
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of the serpent. Now in our study
today we're going to analyze
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the story where there is a
death blow given to the head.
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It's not a story in
the book of Genesis.
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It's actually found
in 1 Samuel chapter 17.
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It's the famous
story of David and Goliath,
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which probably we've
heard since we were children,
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if we're adults.
It's a spectacular story.
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A story where David, against
all odds, overcomes and defeats
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this,
supposedly, invincible giant.
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Now I'd like to just
go through this story.
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I'm not going to read all
of the verses, because we don't
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have the time to
read all of the verses.
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You can read 1
Samuel 17 at your leisure.
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But there are certain points
in this chapter that I want to
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underline, because they're
important for what we're going
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to talk about in the second
half of our study together.
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First of all, I would like
to mention that when this story
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takes place, Saul
was the king of Israel.
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However, if you read 1 Samuel
15:26 you're going to discover
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that Saul, because of his
disobedience, God had already
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told him that he was
going to be deposed as king.
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In other words, Saul was
no longer going to be the king
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of Israel, because
of his disobedience.
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Now, in this context we
find that because of Saul's
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disobedience, you can
read 1 Samuel 15 and 16,
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Israel suffered one defeat after
another at the hands of the
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Philistines, their arch enemies.
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In fact almost in every single
battle that Israel was involved
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with, with the
Philistines, they lost ground,
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and they lost battles; all
because of the disobedience
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of Saul. Israel, in other
words, needed someone to recover
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the kingship, which
had been lost by Saul.
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Israel needed a champion
to recover that which had been
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lost, because they had
been defeated so severely in all
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of their
battles in recent times.
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In this context Israel
was found in a certain valley.
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The Israelite armies
on one side of the valley,
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and the Philistine armies on
the other side of the valley.
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And they were
preparing for battle.
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And as Israel was preparing for
battle, the Bible tells us that
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from the army of the
Philistines came forth a warrior
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such as they had never
seen in all of their experience.
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This warrior is
described in 1 Samuel 17:4-7,
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1 Samuel 17:4-7. We find
the following words there:
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That's equivalent
to almost ten feet.
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Step aside Shaquille O'Neal!
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You would be a
midget next to this man.
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Imagine, almost 10
feet tall! Verse 5:
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In other words, his
armor weighed 157 pounds!
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There are people who
don't weigh 157 pounds.
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Notice what it
continues saying in verse 6:
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That means the tip of his spear.
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By the way, 600 shekels is
the equivalent of 17 pounds.
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In other words, the tip of
his spear weighted 17 pounds.
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That's like throwing a
shot put in the Olympics.
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And so you have this
giant, almost 10 feet tall.
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His armor 157 pounds.
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The tip of his spear 17 pounds.
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He has a shield bearer
before him, and he comes out
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and he roars at Israel saying,
Send someone to fight with me.
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Now if you read
this description,
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it certainly appears like the
giant Goliath was invincible.
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In fact, I'd like to read
a statement from one of my
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favorite books on Old
Testament history, the book
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Patriarchs and Prophets,
page 646, we find these words:
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The coat, that is his armor.
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And that's not surprising
because you know the god of the
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Philistines was
Dagon, the fish god.
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And so the author says:
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Now as we read on in the story
we discover that David arrives
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at the battlefield, and the
giant sees David, this is later
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on in the story, and the giant
can't believe what he's seeing,
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because he's described, David
is described, as being ruddy,
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and young, and
cute, and beautiful.
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In other words, David
had no experience in warfare.
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In fact, king Saul said to
David, when he was willing to
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go fight the giant, he says,
listen, you don't know anything
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about warfare. This man
has been experienced in warfare
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since the days of his youth.
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So not only do you have this
formidable armor, but you also
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have a warrior who had
been involved in many battles.
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Now there's something that
we need to understand about this
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story. This story is not
really about two armies fighting
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each other. The story
in 1 Samuel 17 is about two
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champions fighting each other.
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And whichever of the
champions wins the battle,
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the army wins along with him.
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In other words, Goliath
says, Send a man to fight me.
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If I defeat him
you will be our slaves.
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If he defeats me we
will be your slaves.
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In other words, the battle is
not primarily a battle between
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the Philistines and Israel, it
is a battle between the champion
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of the Philistines,
and the champion of Israel.
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And whichever of the
champions wins, the people win
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along with him. Now if you
read 1 Samuel 17 you'll discover
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that the armies of
Israel were terrified.
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In fact, I like the
way the King James puts it:
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They were sore afraid.
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Do you like that?
They were sore afraid.
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That means that
they were trembling.
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They were shaking
when this giant came out
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to defy the armies of Israel.
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Now in this context of the
giant coming out and defying
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the armies of Israel, we
find in the city of Bethlehem,
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a young boy whose name is David.
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He's the youngest in the family.
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And David's father...(I want you
to notice these details because
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we're going to come
back to them again.)
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David's father sends him to
his brothers at the battlefield.
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Now isn't that interesting?
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The father sending his son to
his brothers in the battlefield.
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And when David arrives in the
battlefield, how do his brothers
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receive him? Have you
read the story of 1 Samuel 17?
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His oldest brother says to him,
Oh, I know why you've come here.
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You've come here
to watch the battle.
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Little did his brothers know
and realize that David had not
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come to watch the battle,
but David had actually come
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to deliver them in this
battle by fighting the giant
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of the Philistines.
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In other words, he's sent by
his father to the battlefield,
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to his brothers, and
he's totally misunderstood
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by his brothers. Now, do
you know who should have really
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fought against this giant?
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If you read the story, you'll
discover that the individual who
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should have fought
this giant was Saul,
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because Saul was
the king of Israel.
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He was the
legitimate sovereign of Israel.
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Of course, because of
Saul's disobedience, he had lost
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battle after battle.
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He knew that he could
not prevail over this giant.
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And so it was necessary
for someone to take the place
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of Saul, who should
have fought this battle,
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and fight the battle
in the place of the king.
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And this individual who was to
fight the battle that Saul lost
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was none less than David.
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As you read this story, you
find that David was consumed
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with the zeal for God.
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In fact, he was indignant when
the giant defied the armies of
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Israel in the name of his gods.
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He says, Who is this
uncircumcised Philistine
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that he should defy the
armies of the living God?
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In other words, the zeal for
the cause of God consumed David.
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As the story develops,
Saul hears that this young
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boy has said, Who is
this giant that he should defy
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the armies of Israel?
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So Saul calls him into his tent
and he says, What's this I hear
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about you
talking about this giant?
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And David says, Oh, I'll
go and I'll fight that giant.
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I'll defeat that giant.
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And Saul looks at him
from head to toe, and he says,
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You go fight the giant?
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That's funny!
You're just a youth.
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You're not even growing
whiskers yet, is the impression
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you get by the
expressions that are used.
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David says, I will go,
and I will fight with him,
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and I will defeat him.
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And so what does Saul do?
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Saul takes his armor, his human
armor, and he places his human
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armor on David. And what
happened when he did that?
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You can imagine this boy,
who had never been involved
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in a war, never been involved
in a battle, wearing this heavy
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armor that
covered his whole body.
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He looks at king Saul, and
he says, I can't wear this human
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armor. I've
never done it before.
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I would lose the
battle in an instant.
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And so we're told in the story
that David took off the human
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armor, and he went to
face the giant with an armor,
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which is not described in the
story, but which David writes
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about in many of the Psalms.
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Notice Psalm 18
just as an example.
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Psalm 18: 2, 3, Psalm 18:2, 3.
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We're going to find
what the armor of David was.
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And, of course,
Goliath didn't see the armor.
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That's why he under estimated
him, we're going to find.
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Psalm 18:2, 3, Psalm
18:2, 3. Here David says:
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What was David's armor?
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David's armor was nothing more
or less than the Lord Himself
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coming to the giant
in the name of the Lord.
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And so David takes off the human
armor, knowing that it would do
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no good in fighting
this giant, and he puts on
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his divine armor.
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And then he goes down to
the brook and he picks up
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his formidable armor,
his formidable weapons.
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He picks up five stones.
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Do you know that all that David
had were a sling, five stones,
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a shepherd's bag, and a staff?
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That's the reason why the giant
said, What do you think I am,
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a dog that you
come at me with sticks?
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Because he had
his staff in his hand.
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Now imagine the comparison
between David and Goliath.
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It didn't look like David
had any chance of winning.
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I mean this giant was
tall, covered from head to foot.
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He had a shield bearer
before him. he had a huge spear
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He had a huge spear; 17
pounds the tip of the spear.
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I mean, he was invincible.
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And here comes little David:
young, inexperienced in warfare,
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with a sling and five stones.
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Some people wonder
about the five stones.
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We know that the
Philistines had five cities.
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They were known
as the pentapolis.
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They're in the Gaza
strip today, by the way.
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And perhaps what David was
symbolizing was that all of the
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Philistines were going
to eventually be defeated.
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And that's the reason
why he picked up five stones.
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And so David comes to the giant
to fight the battle that Saul
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should have fought, that
the armies of Israel should have
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fought, but David now
comes and he's going to fight
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his battle. Now there's
a few things that we need
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to understand about David.
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First of all 1 Samuel
17:15 tells us that David
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was the model shepherd.
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He was a shepherd
of his father's sheep.
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That's a very important detail.
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He's sent by his
father, but he was the shepherd
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of his father's sheep.
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Not only that, we find that
David was willing to give his
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life to protect his sheep.
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When he came before Saul,
Saul said, you can't fight
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against this Philistine.
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David says, what
do you mean I can't?
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He says, when I was taking
care of my father's sheep,
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a lion would come out of the
brush, and he'd want to eat up
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one of my father's sheep.
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And I would go after him.
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I would grab him by the jaw.
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I would break his jaw,
and I would deliver the lamb
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from his jaws. He said, at other
times a bear would come out.
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And I would go after the bear,
and I would fight the bear.
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And I would deliver
the lamb from his mouth.
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And he says this
uncircumcised Philistine
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is going to be just like them.
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So David was a very
courageous shepherd.
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He cared for his father's sheep.
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He was sent by his father to
the battlefield to fight this
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giant to gain the victory.
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There are other
interesting things about David.
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David was also, at this
point, anointed to be king.
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Do you know that he was
anointed before he actually
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fought Goliath? In other words,
the first king had been deposed;
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Saul, because of
his disobedience.
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And David now had been
anointed the king of Israel,
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to fight the battles of Israel.
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He was the model king.
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He was the model shepherd.
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In fact, we find that David
was born in Bethlehem Ephrata.
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That's significant!
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That name is significant.
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He was born in
Bethlehem Ephrata.
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Furthermore, as you read
the story in 1 Samuel 17,
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you'll discover that
this giant came forth,
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and he defied the armies
of Israel with his boasts,
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and his threats for how long?
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For 40 days and 40 nights.
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That's interesting!
00:20:54.92\00:20:56.42
Are you starting to
catch an interesting
00:20:56.45\00:20:58.92
picture in this story?
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You have the
father sending his son.
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His son is the
shepherd of his sheep.
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He's the model shepherd.
00:21:08.86\00:21:10.47
He's willing to give
his life for his sheep.
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In fighting against
this formidable enemy,
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he's going to
deliver his people.
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And the boasts and threats of
Goliath take place for 40 days.
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And he was born
in Bethlehem Ephrata.
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Are you starting to catch
an interesting picture here?
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Whom does
Goliath really represent?
00:21:35.46\00:21:39.39
He is the serpent of Genesis 3.
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Whom does David represent?
00:21:44.97\00:21:48.47
David represents Jesus Christ.
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And so for 40 days the giant
would come out, and he would
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defy the armies of Israel.
00:21:55.51\00:21:57.58
And we find David coming
down to the bottom of the valley
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with his sling, and his 5
stones, and with his staff.
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And the giant looks at
him, and he says, be real!
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Doesn't Israel have any
men who know how to fight
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that Saul sends me his children?
00:22:22.70\00:22:25.14
You know, the greatest tactical
mistake that an army can commit
00:22:27.38\00:22:30.98
is to underestimate the enemy.
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You see, the giant felt
that David was easy pickings.
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He says, this is
going to be a piece of cake!
00:22:42.22\00:22:45.76
Because all he sees is a
young boy without any armor,
00:22:45.79\00:22:51.07
although he doesn't know
what the armor really is.
00:22:51.10\00:22:53.37
David is covered from
head to foot with armor,
00:22:53.40\00:22:56.27
because he's covered with
the righteousness of the Lord.
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So the giant sees him,
and he can't believe his eyes.
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And then he
made his big mistake.
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It says that he
cursed David by his god's.
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And David, of
course, was totally
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bent out of shape over this.
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In fact the giant says, You come
to me and I will give the bodies
00:23:16.96\00:23:23.47
of your armies to the birds of
the air, and the beasts of the
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field. And David
says, you're half right.
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That's what's going to happen,
but it's going to happen to you,
00:23:30.64\00:23:33.27
and to your armies.
00:23:33.31\00:23:34.78
Can you imagine
little David standing there?
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He probably didn't come
up to the giant's waist.
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Because I don't think David
was a super tall individual.
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I mean, a person who's 6 foot
tall would look kind of short
00:23:46.19\00:23:53.29
next to a 10 footer, huh?
00:23:53.33\00:23:55.10
You know, I'm 6 feet.
00:23:55.80\00:23:57.13
I would be looking at
Goliath's belt buckle, probably.
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And so he says, I'm going to
give your bodies to the beasts
00:24:02.34\00:24:07.14
of the field, and to
the birds of the air.
00:24:07.18\00:24:09.04
And David said, No way!
00:24:09.08\00:24:10.48
Now I want you to notice how
David comes against the giant.
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This is critical. 1
Samuel 17: 45, 1 Samuel 17:45.
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This is a critically important
verse for what we're going to
00:24:20.69\00:24:23.93
talk about in a few
minutes. It says here:
00:24:23.96\00:24:27.00
How did David
come against the giant?
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He came against the
giant in the name of the Lord.
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Now we need to understand
something about the name
00:24:55.72\00:24:59.56
in the Bible. When you use
someone's name, you are really
00:24:59.59\00:25:04.40
appealing to that
person's authority.
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Let me give you another
example from the Old Testament.
00:25:07.20\00:25:10.61
You have the story of
Elisha, when the 42 children
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were making fun of him.
00:25:14.04\00:25:15.08
Remember, go up thou bald head?
00:25:15.11\00:25:16.85
Do you know that it says
there that Elisha turned and he
00:25:16.88\00:25:21.42
cursed them in
the name of the Lord.
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Was he invoking
God into this now?
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Did God get involved in the
story when Elisha used His name?
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Yes, and that's
what David is doing.
00:25:35.26\00:25:37.97
By using His name, he's actually
appealing to God's authority.
00:25:38.00\00:25:43.10
So he says, I come to
you in the name of the Lord.
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It's as if the Lord
is fighting this battle.
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And I want you to notice that
the version of the battle is not
00:25:50.88\00:25:54.68
like the Hollywood version.
00:25:54.72\00:25:55.85
You know, where David is
strategically moving backwards.
00:25:55.88\00:25:59.92
You know, from one side to the
other, and backwards, you know.
00:25:59.95\00:26:02.82
No way! The story in the Bible
says that he took out a stone,
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and he put it in his sling,
and with absolute precision
00:26:07.36\00:26:13.03
and speed, without pausing
at all, he hurled the stone.
00:26:13.07\00:26:22.58
And the Bible says in 1 Samuel
17:49, listen, the stone sank
00:26:24.35\00:26:31.19
into his forehead.
That's exactly the way it says.
00:26:31.22\00:26:36.16
The stone sank into his
forehead, which means that the
00:26:36.19\00:26:40.60
stone stayed in his forehead.
00:26:40.63\00:26:42.43
Now who do you
think guided that stone?
00:26:42.46\00:26:48.54
Lucky shot! No way!
00:26:48.57\00:26:53.84
The Lord guided that
stone, because David was coming
00:26:53.88\00:26:58.35
against Goliath in God's
name, or God's authority.
00:26:58.38\00:27:03.02
And the stone sank into his
forehead, and Goliath plummeted
00:27:03.05\00:27:10.29
to the ground. But now, listen
up, Goliath was not dead yet.
00:27:10.33\00:27:15.90
Did you know that? That
the stone that sank into his
00:27:18.60\00:27:24.34
forehead did not kill him?
00:27:24.37\00:27:25.64
It gave him a death blow.
00:27:25.67\00:27:28.38
Let's go to 1 Samuel
17:51, 1 Samuel 17:51,
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and you'll see what I'm saying.
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It says here, in verse 51:
00:27:36.82\00:27:41.19
And what's the
next couple of words?
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Was he dead? No.
Was he almost dead?
00:28:00.11\00:28:06.28
The death blow
really did him in.
00:28:07.72\00:28:09.68
The only thing that
was lacking was to what?
00:28:09.72\00:28:13.19
Was to cut off his head.
00:28:13.22\00:28:16.09
By the way, if you're
going to kill a serpent,
00:28:16.12\00:28:18.93
how do you do it?
00:28:18.96\00:28:20.06
Do you run over his head?
00:28:21.63\00:28:23.30
Listen, I remember in South
America sometimes I would travel
00:28:23.33\00:28:27.37
with my Dad over
these jungle roads.
00:28:27.40\00:28:32.04
And a snake would come
out, and my Dad would run over
00:28:32.07\00:28:34.54
the snake. And do you
know what would happen?
00:28:34.58\00:28:37.58
That snake would continue going
as if nothing had happened.
00:28:37.61\00:28:40.25
Because if you
want to kill a snake
00:28:40.28\00:28:42.55
you have to cut off its head.
00:28:42.58\00:28:43.75
Now there's a reason why
I'm emphasizing that the stone
00:28:46.29\00:28:49.42
that hit him on the forehead
did not kill him at the moment.
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.76
His head had to be cut off.
00:28:51.79\00:28:54.00
Because in the symbolism
that we're going to study now,
00:28:54.00\00:28:56.77
we're going to find that
at the cross, Jesus gave Satan
00:28:56.80\00:29:01.04
a death blow on his head.
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.70
He bruised his head, but
the devil is still alive.
00:29:02.74\00:29:06.68
But the death
blow has been given.
00:29:06.81\00:29:09.31
And the scripture tells
us that after the millennium
00:29:09.34\00:29:12.81
there's going to be an
invitation to the birds
00:29:12.85\00:29:15.18
of the air, and the beasts
of the field to have a banquet
00:29:15.22\00:29:18.69
once again. Now why
did God give us this story?
00:29:18.72\00:29:23.26
Is it simply a wonderful story
of a young boy who had a lot
00:29:23.29\00:29:27.23
of courage. He went
and fought a huge giant,
00:29:27.30\00:29:30.20
and God gave him the victory?
00:29:30.23\00:29:31.87
Or do we have, in this story,
perhaps, a prophecy of a much
00:29:31.90\00:29:38.47
greater event to
take place in the future?
00:29:38.51\00:29:41.08
Well, I believe by the
characteristics that I've
00:29:41.11\00:29:44.08
mentioned, that there's no doubt
that this is a typological story
00:29:44.11\00:29:48.18
like other stories
of the Old Testament.
00:29:48.22\00:29:49.95
It really is an illustration
of the great controversy
00:29:49.98\00:29:53.32
between Christ and Satan.
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.92
Goliath represents Satan.
00:29:55.96\00:29:59.19
David represents Jesus Christ.
00:29:59.23\00:30:02.36
And the battle represents the
battle in this world to deliver
00:30:02.40\00:30:07.00
human beings from bondage.
00:30:07.04\00:30:08.57
Now let me do the parallel, so
that you can see the connection
00:30:08.60\00:30:12.17
between what happened
in the past with Israel,
00:30:12.21\00:30:15.94
and how this story
is fulfilled in Christ.
00:30:15.98\00:30:20.12
Was Adam
originally created a king?
00:30:20.15\00:30:26.12
You know, you
have Psalm 8: 5, 6.
00:30:27.82\00:30:30.29
I've read it so many
times already in this seminar.
00:30:30.33\00:30:33.29
For you have made him a
little lower than the angels.
00:30:33.33\00:30:36.30
You have crowned him
with glory, and with honor,
00:30:36.33\00:30:38.80
the Bible says,
speaking about Adam.
00:30:38.83\00:30:41.07
And then it says that God
put everything under his feet.
00:30:41.10\00:30:44.81
In other words, the king over
this realm, over this earth,
00:30:44.84\00:30:48.04
as God originally
placed him, was Adam.
00:30:48.08\00:30:51.68
But what happened with Adam?
00:30:51.71\00:30:54.05
Did he disobey God?
00:30:54.08\00:30:56.72
He most
certainly did disobey God.
00:30:56.75\00:30:59.89
And when he disobeyed God
was he deposed from his throne?
00:30:59.92\00:31:04.29
Absolutely! That's why
the devil, on the mount of
00:31:04.33\00:31:08.43
temptation could offer Jesus all
of the kingdoms of the world.
00:31:08.46\00:31:13.17
He says, because
they've been delivered to me,
00:31:13.20\00:31:15.34
and to who ever I
wish, I give them.
00:31:15.37\00:31:18.11
So just like Saul was the king
of Israel, and because of his
00:31:18.14\00:31:21.21
disobedience he was deposed;
in the same way Adam was made
00:31:21.24\00:31:25.45
the king over the human
race, and because of his sin
00:31:25.48\00:31:28.85
of disobedience, he was
deposed from his throne.
00:31:28.88\00:31:32.22
Did all of the descendents
of Adam suffer one defeat after
00:31:32.25\00:31:37.73
another in the
battle against evil,
00:31:37.76\00:31:39.96
in the battle against Satan?
00:31:40.00\00:31:41.43
Did anybody remain unscathed?
00:31:41.46\00:31:44.43
No, because the book of Romans
tells us that all have sinned
00:31:44.47\00:31:48.84
and come short
of the glory of God.
00:31:48.87\00:31:51.54
In fact, 2 Peter 2:19
tells us that we became slaves
00:31:51.57\00:31:58.15
when we chose to serve Satan.
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.85
We became his
slaves, his servants.
00:32:02.88\00:32:05.79
And so we find Adam, and all
of his descendents, losing their
00:32:05.82\00:32:12.13
position of authority.
00:32:12.16\00:32:13.80
Did humanity need a
champion to fight its battle?
00:32:13.83\00:32:21.57
Of course. What human
being was able to defeat Satan?
00:32:21.60\00:32:25.84
Not one. There is
none righteous, no not one,
00:32:25.87\00:32:30.95
according to Romans 3.
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.95
No one within the human
race could defeat the devil.
00:32:32.98\00:32:36.52
He was too formidable.
00:32:36.55\00:32:39.02
In fact we're told
in Hebrews 2:14, 15,
00:32:39.05\00:32:42.36
that the devil had held the
human race in lifelong bondage,
00:32:42.39\00:32:47.46
like the Philistines had
brought Israel into bondage.
00:32:47.50\00:32:51.77
And then, of course, Jesus
Christ was born into the human
00:32:51.80\00:32:59.57
race. Have you ever stopped to
think about the contrast between
00:32:59.61\00:33:04.71
Jesus and Satan? Or even the
contrast between Jesus and Adam?
00:33:04.75\00:33:10.09
When Adam sinned he lived
in a perfect garden. Right?
00:33:12.65\00:33:19.23
When Adam
sinned he was an adult.
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.70
When Adam sinned
he had a perfect body.
00:33:23.83\00:33:26.97
When Adam sinned he had a
perfect mind, full of vitality.
00:33:27.00\00:33:33.48
And yet when Jesus came to this
earth, he had none of those.
00:33:35.81\00:33:40.55
Jesus came to this
earth to live in the realm
00:33:40.58\00:33:45.25
of Satan's dominion.
00:33:45.29\00:33:46.55
He came with a body and a mind
affected by 4,000 years of sin.
00:33:46.59\00:33:52.09
He was born into
this world as a baby.
00:33:52.13\00:33:56.70
And when Jesus was born,
according to Revelation 12:4,
00:33:56.73\00:34:02.87
a little baby in Bethlehem, the
devil was standing next to Him
00:34:02.90\00:34:07.68
to devour Him as
soon as He was born.
00:34:07.71\00:34:10.51
In fact, the devil
was licking his chops.
00:34:10.55\00:34:12.91
He said, listen, if I
was able to defeat Adam,
00:34:12.95\00:34:15.12
in a perfect garden, with a
perfect body, a perfect mind,
00:34:15.15\00:34:20.66
as an adult, this
is going to be easy.
00:34:20.69\00:34:26.56
He's born in my realm,
with a body and mind effected by
00:34:26.59\00:34:30.67
4,000 years of sin.
This is going to be easy.
00:34:30.70\00:34:35.07
The devil actually
underestimated Jesus.
00:34:35.10\00:34:39.74
Now whom was Jesus
sent by to this earth?
00:34:39.77\00:34:43.95
Notice John 3:17, John 3:17.
00:34:45.38\00:34:51.02
He was sent by his Father.
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.92
It says there in John 3:17:
00:34:53.96\00:34:57.36
So here we find the
Father sending His Son,
00:35:07.50\00:35:11.24
just like in the Old
Testament, the father sent David
00:35:11.27\00:35:15.18
to the battlefield.
00:35:15.21\00:35:16.51
Now in whose name did Jesus go?
00:35:16.54\00:35:19.08
He came in the name of His
Father; not in His own name.
00:35:21.48\00:35:25.25
Notice what we find
in John 5:43, John 5:43.
00:35:25.29\00:35:30.96
We find this idea: He
doesn't come in His own name;
00:35:30.99\00:35:33.19
He comes in the
name of his father.
00:35:33.23\00:35:35.46
John 5:43 says this: I
have come in my father's name,
00:35:35.50\00:35:45.61
and you do not receive me.
00:35:45.64\00:35:48.58
If another comes in his
own name, him you will receive.
00:35:48.61\00:35:52.48
So, notice that Jesus
is sent by His Father.
00:35:52.51\00:35:55.58
He doesn't come in His own name.
00:35:55.62\00:35:58.09
He comes in the
name of His Father.
00:35:58.12\00:35:59.69
Was Jesus anointed to be king?
00:35:59.72\00:36:02.96
Notice the book of Luke 4.
00:36:02.99\00:36:08.30
Luke 4:16, 17, Luke 4:16, 17.
00:36:08.33\00:36:13.60
Here it speaks about
the anointing of Jesus
00:36:13.64\00:36:16.47
to deliver His people.
00:36:16.50\00:36:17.91
It says there: So
he came to Nazareth,
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.48
where he had been brought up.
00:36:20.51\00:36:21.84
And as his custom was,
he went into the synagogue
00:36:21.88\00:36:24.71
on the Sabbath Day
and stood up to read.
00:36:24.75\00:36:26.72
And he was handed the
book of the prophet Isaiah.
00:36:26.75\00:36:30.89
And when he had opened
the book, he found the place
00:36:30.92\00:36:33.09
where it is written:
00:36:33.12\00:36:34.22
So Jesus was
anointed to be king.
00:36:58.11\00:37:01.38
He was anointed to be
the deliverer of Israel.
00:37:01.42\00:37:04.49
How did the brothers
of Jesus receive him?
00:37:04.52\00:37:08.06
Notice John 7:5, John 7:5.
00:37:08.09\00:37:14.83
He's sent to the battlefield.
00:37:14.83\00:37:16.67
How do his brothers receive him?
00:37:16.70\00:37:18.60
We're told there in John 7:5
the treatment that he received.
00:37:18.63\00:37:24.54
It says there: For even his
brothers did not believe in him.
00:37:24.57\00:37:32.48
Are you starting to see a
parallel here between these two
00:37:32.51\00:37:36.69
stories? Sent by his father?
00:37:36.72\00:37:39.45
Not in his own name.
00:37:39.49\00:37:41.89
Coming to the battlefield of
this world where the original
00:37:41.92\00:37:45.49
king has lost his
position of authority.
00:37:45.53\00:37:48.06
Underestimated by Satan.
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.70
By the way, does the Bible
present the idea of two Adams?
00:37:50.73\00:37:56.67
The first Adam,
and the last Adam?
00:37:56.71\00:37:59.91
Does the last Adam undo
what the first Adam did?
00:37:59.94\00:38:03.85
1 Corinthians 15:45 says
that the original Adam was made
00:38:03.88\00:38:11.49
a living soul. The last Adam
is made a life giving spirit.
00:38:11.52\00:38:16.22
In other words, Jesus
came to take the place of Adam,
00:38:16.26\00:38:19.43
who lost his throne; just like
David came to take the position
00:38:19.46\00:38:23.67
of Saul, who lost his throne.
00:38:23.70\00:38:25.70
Both were anointed.
00:38:25.73\00:38:27.74
And, by the way, do you know
that the Bible says that Jesus
00:38:27.77\00:38:30.94
was of the house of
David, the king of Israel?
00:38:30.97\00:38:33.88
In fact, there's some
interesting, very, very,
00:38:33.91\00:38:36.51
interesting prophecies
in the book of Ezekiel.
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.71
Let's go to a
couple of those prophecies.
00:38:38.75\00:38:40.88
Go with me to
Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 37:24.
00:38:40.92\00:38:47.42
This is a very interesting
prophecy, because this is being
00:38:47.46\00:38:50.63
written about 400
years after David.
00:38:50.66\00:38:54.50
In other words, by
this time David is dead.
00:38:54.56\00:38:56.83
But there's a very interesting
prophecy made about David.
00:38:57.37\00:39:00.97
It says here in
Ezekiel 37:24, David...
00:39:01.00\00:39:08.14
Notice this: David, my servant,
shall be king over them.
00:39:08.18\00:39:12.41
At this point David had
been dead for hundreds of years.
00:39:12.45\00:39:16.75
And they shall
all have one shepherd.
00:39:18.39\00:39:21.16
What was David going to
be when he would rise again?
00:39:21.19\00:39:24.16
Shepherd. They shall also
walk in my judgments and observe
00:39:24.19\00:39:32.70
my statutes and do them.
00:39:32.73\00:39:34.47
Notice also Ezekiel 34,
Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 34:23.
00:39:34.50\00:39:43.85
It says here, speaking about
the time after the captivity.
00:39:43.88\00:39:49.32
And I, the Lord,
will be their God.
00:39:49.35\00:39:53.92
And my servant,
David, a prince among them.
00:39:53.96\00:40:00.03
I the Lord have spoken.
00:40:00.06\00:40:03.00
So you have David,
the prince or the king?
00:40:03.03\00:40:06.10
David the shepherd, after
his death, God is prophesying.
00:40:06.13\00:40:10.61
I'm going to put
David as My king.
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.31
I'm going to David as My
shepherd over My people, Israel.
00:40:12.34\00:40:16.44
Do you remember when Jesus had
the conversation with Nathaniel,
00:40:16.48\00:40:20.72
one of His disciples?
00:40:20.75\00:40:21.92
The story is found in John
1:49, where Nathaniel says about
00:40:21.95\00:40:28.66
Jesus: You are the
Christ, the king of Israel.
00:40:28.69\00:40:37.80
Who was the original king? Adam.
00:40:39.97\00:40:43.81
Who came to fight the
battle that Adam lost?
00:40:43.84\00:40:48.01
The second Adam:
Jesus, the king of Israel.
00:40:48.04\00:40:52.88
By the way, do you know that in
Luke 1:69 it speaks about Jesus
00:40:52.91\00:40:59.09
fulfilling this prophecy
of Ezekiel 34 and Ezekiel 37.
00:40:59.12\00:41:04.26
Jesus is the new David.
00:41:04.29\00:41:06.56
Not personally, but He's the
new David to fulfill the role
00:41:06.59\00:41:11.83
of the David that we
find in the Old Testament.
00:41:11.87\00:41:14.64
Let me ask you, was
Jesus the good shepherd?
00:41:14.67\00:41:16.81
Have you ever
read John 10:11-14?
00:41:18.61\00:41:23.71
Let's notice
that: John 10:11-14.
00:41:23.75\00:41:29.25
Here Jesus is speaking
about Himself, and He says this:
00:41:29.28\00:41:34.39
Does that sound like
David? Most certainly!
00:41:41.76\00:41:44.87
By the way, David knew
that he wasn't the shepherd,
00:41:45.00\00:41:47.87
because he says the
Lord is My Shepherd.
00:41:47.90\00:41:49.77
So David knew that this
was a typological story.
00:41:50.67\00:41:53.38
Notice verse 11, verse 12:
00:41:53.41\00:41:58.28
I am the good
shepherd, and I know my sheep,
00:42:15.56\00:42:18.93
and am known by mine own.
00:42:18.97\00:42:22.37
And so you notice that
Jesus is king of Israel.
00:42:22.40\00:42:25.74
Jesus is the good shepherd.
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.68
Where was Jesus born?
00:42:27.71\00:42:29.18
Of course, all of this is
coincidence, do you think?
00:42:31.61\00:42:35.32
Where was Jesus born?
00:42:35.35\00:42:38.09
He was born not only in
Bethlehem, but He was born
00:42:38.12\00:42:41.86
in the place that has the
exact name: Bethlehem Ephrata.
00:42:41.89\00:42:46.49
Notice the book of
Micah, Micah 5:2, Micah 5:2.
00:42:46.53\00:42:53.67
Very interesting that the
exact name would be given.
00:42:53.70\00:42:57.07
Micah 5:2, It says:
00:42:57.11\00:42:59.87
How long did Jesus battle with
the devil in the wilderness;
00:43:21.26\00:43:24.50
with that giant who was roaring,
so to speak, against Christ?
00:43:27.64\00:43:33.24
How long did the battle last?
00:43:33.27\00:43:35.44
You know, don't you?
00:43:37.48\00:43:38.68
How long was Jesus
in the wilderness being
00:43:38.71\00:43:41.38
tempted of the devil?
00:43:41.42\00:43:42.52
Forty days. It's
an accident, right?
00:43:44.79\00:43:47.52
Notice Mark 1:13, Mark 1:13.
00:43:47.56\00:43:54.46
Here we're told by Mark
the amount of time that Jesus
00:43:54.46\00:44:00.64
was there battling
with the devil. It says:
00:44:00.67\00:44:02.57
How did Jesus attack the
devil there in the wilderness
00:44:15.35\00:44:19.82
during those forty days?
00:44:19.85\00:44:21.29
Was He indecisive?
00:44:21.32\00:44:23.39
Did He say, let me see what
kind of strategy I can develop
00:44:23.43\00:44:27.23
to defeat this
enemy, this giant?
00:44:27.23\00:44:29.23
How did Jesus do it?
00:44:29.26\00:44:30.30
His response
was what? Immediate.
00:44:30.33\00:44:35.10
Is that what David
did when he fought against
00:44:35.14\00:44:37.24
Goliath the giant?
00:44:37.27\00:44:38.34
It was immediate.
00:44:38.37\00:44:39.74
In whose name did
Jesus come against the devil?
00:44:39.77\00:44:43.61
The Lord rebuke you,
He says to the devil.
00:44:43.65\00:44:47.82
He says, It is written.
00:44:47.85\00:44:49.38
His fight against the
devil is not indecisive.
00:44:49.42\00:44:53.25
It is up front, direct, without
any delay, without any pause.
00:44:53.29\00:45:00.76
Just like David
when he fought Goliath.
00:45:00.80\00:45:05.37
We're told in 1 John 3:8
that Jesus came to destroy
00:45:05.40\00:45:10.74
the works of the devil.
00:45:10.77\00:45:12.77
In fact, when Jesus Christ
died on the cross of Calvary,
00:45:12.81\00:45:16.41
the prophecy of
Genesis 3:15 was fulfilled.
00:45:18.78\00:45:22.22
Satan's head was bruised.
00:45:22.25\00:45:27.96
But is the devil still alive?
00:45:27.99\00:45:30.09
Is he still wreaking havoc?
00:45:30.13\00:45:33.23
He most certainly is.
00:45:33.26\00:45:34.96
The death blow has been given,
but when will this prophecy
00:45:35.00\00:45:39.93
ultimately be fulfilled?
00:45:39.97\00:45:42.07
The handwriting is
on the wall for Satan.
00:45:42.10\00:45:45.14
The death blow has been given.
00:45:45.17\00:45:47.24
The only thing that is
lacking is his final what?
00:45:47.28\00:45:50.48
Is his final destruction.
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.91
And when will that take place?
00:45:52.95\00:45:55.52
Go with me to Revelation 19:
17, 18, Revelation 19:17, 18.
00:45:55.55\00:46:04.59
And, by the way, we
don't have time to read it,
00:46:04.63\00:46:06.76
but you can read Ezekiel
38 and 39, where you have
00:46:06.80\00:46:09.76
this scene coming from.
00:46:09.80\00:46:11.17
Actually, this takes
place before the millennium,
00:46:11.20\00:46:13.60
with the followers of
Satan, and it takes place after
00:46:13.64\00:46:16.87
the millennium
with Satan himself.
00:46:16.91\00:46:19.14
Revelation 19:17, 18.
00:46:19.17\00:46:23.78
Then I saw an angel standing
in the sun; and he cried with a
00:46:23.81\00:46:29.68
loud voice, saying to all
the birds that fly in the midst
00:46:29.72\00:46:32.55
of heaven, Come and
gather together for the supper
00:46:32.59\00:46:37.59
of the great God; That you
may eat the flesh of kings,
00:46:37.63\00:46:42.16
the flesh of captains, the flesh
of mighty men, the flesh of
00:46:42.20\00:46:46.00
horses, and of those who sit
on them, and the flesh of all
00:46:46.03\00:46:49.70
people, free and
slave, both small and great.
00:46:49.74\00:46:54.08
Is that scene in that little
valley going to be repeated
00:46:54.11\00:46:57.75
again on a worldwide scale?
00:46:57.78\00:46:59.48
It most certainly is.
00:46:59.51\00:47:01.48
And the enemy, Satan, will
be finally, and definitively
00:47:01.52\00:47:07.16
destroyed. Now I want to
dwell on one aspect before we
00:47:07.19\00:47:14.73
draw this to a close.
00:47:14.76\00:47:15.80
You say, okay, fine Pastor.
00:47:15.83\00:47:18.57
There's a parallel between
David, and Jesus, and Goliath,
00:47:18.60\00:47:22.27
and Satan. You know, Jesus
fulfills every specification.
00:47:22.30\00:47:26.17
You know how he's
sent by his father.
00:47:26.21\00:47:27.78
He's the good shepherd.
00:47:27.81\00:47:28.84
He's the king of Israel.
00:47:28.88\00:47:30.11
He takes the place of the first
king, who lost his position
00:47:30.15\00:47:32.51
because of disobedience.
00:47:32.55\00:47:33.92
He was born in
Bethlehem, Ephrata.
00:47:33.95\00:47:35.65
The battle lasted forty days.
00:47:35.68\00:47:37.35
All fine and dandy, but
how does that effect me?
00:47:37.39\00:47:40.89
What difference does it make?
00:47:40.92\00:47:43.22
Well, the fact is folks, that
the victory that David won over
00:47:43.26\00:47:49.66
Goliath, in the name of thee
Lord; and the victory that Jesus
00:47:49.70\00:47:54.90
won over Satan in the name of
His Father; is the same victory
00:47:54.94\00:47:59.87
that every single one
of us can win as well,
00:47:59.91\00:48:03.88
in the name of the Lord.
00:48:03.91\00:48:05.18
Now allow me to
amplify that just a little bit.
00:48:05.21\00:48:09.22
Go with me to 2 Corinthians
10: 3, 4, 2 Corinthians 10:3, 4.
00:48:09.25\00:48:17.73
Do we have weapons today that
we need to fight the war with?
00:48:17.76\00:48:22.36
You notice we
sang two war hymns?
00:48:22.40\00:48:24.17
Onward Christian Soldiers, that
old classic, which we hardly
00:48:25.53\00:48:29.17
ever sing anymore.
00:48:29.20\00:48:31.01
I don't know why. Or
Sound the Battle Cry.
00:48:31.04\00:48:34.21
You know, we're
in a war, are we not?
00:48:34.24\00:48:36.71
Now notice 2
Corinthians 10: 3, 4.
00:48:36.75\00:48:44.45
Here we find these words: For
though we walk in the flesh...
00:48:44.49\00:48:51.29
That is as human beings.
00:48:51.33\00:48:52.89
...we do not war
according to the flesh:...
00:48:52.93\00:48:56.16
(For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal,...
00:48:56.20\00:48:59.80
That means that
they're not human.
00:48:59.83\00:49:01.80
They're not like the
armor that Saul put on David.
00:49:01.84\00:49:06.64
...but mighty in God for
pulling down strongholds.)
00:49:06.68\00:49:11.45
Do we have access
to mighty weapons?
00:49:11.48\00:49:13.58
What do you think?
According to this, Yes.
00:49:13.62\00:49:16.45
Now what is the mightiest
weapon that we have today?
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.82
It's the same
weapon that David had,
00:49:19.85\00:49:22.89
and that is the
name of the Lord.
00:49:22.92\00:49:25.99
Do you remember in
Acts 4 when John and Peter
00:49:27.76\00:49:33.67
went to the temple and
they found this paralytic,
00:49:33.70\00:49:39.57
and they healed him;
they restored his legs?
00:49:39.61\00:49:42.94
The religious leaders
came to them and said, By whose
00:49:42.98\00:49:49.08
authority, or in whose
name have you done this?
00:49:49.12\00:49:53.69
What is the name
to be identified with?
00:49:53.72\00:49:56.79
The name is to be
identified with the authority.
00:49:56.83\00:50:02.20
That means that when Peter and
John, or any of the apostles,
00:50:02.23\00:50:05.87
invoked the name of
Jesus, immediately they have the
00:50:05.90\00:50:11.54
authority of Jesus.
00:50:11.57\00:50:13.27
Can we do that today?
00:50:15.91\00:50:17.08
How about when we're tempted
with smoking, or with drugs?
00:50:17.11\00:50:20.98
How about when we're
tempted to lose our temper?
00:50:22.32\00:50:24.79
Is there still power?
00:50:24.82\00:50:29.22
Do you believe so?
00:50:31.19\00:50:32.23
How? In the name of Jesus!
00:50:32.26\00:50:36.67
We can rebuke the destroyer.
00:50:36.70\00:50:40.00
We can tell the devil, weren't
you the one who lost at the
00:50:40.04\00:50:43.54
cross? Well, I invoke the name
of the One who defeated you.
00:50:43.57\00:50:48.88
So that His victory back
there becomes my victory now.
00:50:48.91\00:50:54.08
In fact, in John 14:13, 14,
Jesus says, Anything that you
00:50:54.12\00:50:59.79
ask in My name, I will do it.
00:50:59.82\00:51:04.16
What does anything mean?
00:51:04.19\00:51:07.03
Now that doesn't mean that if
you ask for a brand new Cadillac
00:51:07.10\00:51:10.70
He's going to give it to you.
00:51:10.73\00:51:11.77
What it means is in your
spiritual battles anything
00:51:11.80\00:51:18.61
that you ask Jesus for, in
His name, He will perform it.
00:51:18.64\00:51:22.84
Because you can
invoke His authority.
00:51:22.88\00:51:25.58
In other words, when I was going
to school, just to give you an
00:51:25.61\00:51:31.02
example, in South America
when I was in primary school.
00:51:31.05\00:51:33.66
You know, the Lord never
blessed me with a brother.
00:51:33.69\00:51:36.26
He blessed me
with three sisters.
00:51:36.29\00:51:37.66
And, you know,
sometimes some of the older kids
00:51:40.13\00:51:44.27
would come and pick on me.
00:51:44.30\00:51:45.33
I didn't have any
defense against them.
00:51:45.37\00:51:48.50
But they had other
kids whom they picked on
00:51:48.54\00:51:51.77
who had older brothers.
00:51:51.81\00:51:52.97
And when they picked on
them, the little guy would say,
00:51:53.01\00:51:57.95
You know what?
I'm too small for you.
00:51:57.98\00:52:01.25
I can't defeat you.
00:52:01.28\00:52:04.05
But if you don't leave me alone
I'll tell my brother, and he'll
00:52:04.09\00:52:10.53
take care of you, because
he's bigger than you are.
00:52:10.56\00:52:12.73
Do we have a brother?
00:52:12.76\00:52:15.63
Do we have a bigger brother?
00:52:15.66\00:52:17.43
So don't let yourself be
intimidated by the devil,
00:52:17.47\00:52:21.04
who comes and
tries to discourage you.
00:52:21.07\00:52:26.34
No! We have the name of Jesus!
00:52:26.37\00:52:29.78
And in that name of
Jesus we can gain victories.
00:52:29.81\00:52:32.45
When we're tempted, at
that very moment we should say,
00:52:32.48\00:52:36.92
devil, you were
defeated at the cross.
00:52:36.95\00:52:40.22
I invoke the
authority, in the name of Jesus,
00:52:40.26\00:52:43.46
to give me the victory.
00:52:43.49\00:52:44.59
And the Bible says
that the devil must flee.
00:52:44.63\00:52:48.40
It is written
that he must leave.
00:52:48.43\00:52:50.87
But we don't
invoke the name of Jesus.
00:52:50.90\00:52:53.03
We don't invoke the
authority of Christ.
00:52:53.07\00:52:56.81
You see, we have
power of attorney.
00:52:56.84\00:53:03.51
Let me ask you, when an attorney
officially represents me,
00:53:06.92\00:53:12.49
can he use my name, and
it's as if I'm the person there?
00:53:12.52\00:53:16.36
Yes. In other words,
when he comes before the judge
00:53:16.39\00:53:20.50
in my name, the judge doesn't
say, Well, where is Steve Bohr?
00:53:20.53\00:53:24.70
The judge says, Oh, okay,
you're coming representing
00:53:24.73\00:53:29.07
Steve Bohr. So he's taking
my name and he has my authority.
00:53:29.10\00:53:33.14
That's the way it is with Jesus.
00:53:33.17\00:53:36.41
See, when I come before the
devil, I have power of attorney.
00:53:36.44\00:53:41.42
Because I can invoke the name
of Jesus, and it's as if Jesus
00:53:41.45\00:53:48.89
is there. In fact, He is there.
00:53:48.92\00:53:50.76
Not in person, but
His authority is there.
00:53:50.79\00:53:54.46
Because invoking His name,
I am invoking His authority.
00:53:54.46\00:53:58.37
Jesus is kind of
like the great cosigner.
00:53:58.40\00:54:02.67
I remember the first time
that I went to buy a stereo,
00:54:02.70\00:54:06.54
they used to
call them back then.
00:54:06.57\00:54:07.61
It was a Magnavox.
00:54:07.64\00:54:09.11
Oh, have mercy,
that's ancient, you say.
00:54:09.14\00:54:12.58
It was a real
nice one, you know.
00:54:12.61\00:54:14.28
It had a big cabinet, you know.
00:54:14.32\00:54:18.52
The cabinet was actually
more beautiful than the stereo.
00:54:18.55\00:54:21.62
But it was something like
$350.00, and I kept it for
00:54:21.66\00:54:27.66
many, many years. And
when I first went to the store,
00:54:27.73\00:54:30.93
you know, I told him
I wanted to buy this.
00:54:30.97\00:54:34.07
He said, well, what
are you going to pay with?
00:54:34.10\00:54:37.14
I said, well I want credit.
00:54:37.17\00:54:39.14
He said, okay, do you
have any credit history?
00:54:39.17\00:54:42.54
I said, no, first time.
00:54:42.58\00:54:44.38
And he says, well, you
know, we can't let you have this
00:54:44.41\00:54:49.52
on credit if you don't
have any credit history.
00:54:49.55\00:54:51.42
I said, well, you know, if you
don't have any credit history,
00:54:51.45\00:54:55.22
how do you
establish a credit history?
00:54:55.26\00:54:56.76
Have you had
that problem before?
00:54:56.79\00:54:58.46
I said, you know, I
want to buy this stereo.
00:54:58.49\00:55:01.56
I have to start somewhere.
00:55:01.60\00:55:03.06
Why don't you just trust me?
00:55:03.10\00:55:04.53
He said, no, no, we can't
do that, we can't do that.
00:55:07.70\00:55:10.57
So I said, what can I do?
00:55:10.61\00:55:11.77
He says well,
there's one thing you can do.
00:55:11.81\00:55:13.61
Do you have anybody
who will cosign for you?
00:55:13.64\00:55:17.55
Someone who's name has value.
00:55:17.58\00:55:19.88
He didn't say it like
that, but that's what he meant.
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And so I said,
well, there's my father.
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And I was hoping
that my dad would cosign.
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And so I went home
and I said, Dad, you know,
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they won't accept my name,
because I don't have any credit
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history. Would
you cosign for me?
00:55:35.46\00:55:37.87
He said, Yes, I
will cosign for you.
00:55:37.90\00:55:40.04
So he comes to the store, and
I'm very proud because I have
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my cosigner now. And I say,
here, I brought my cosigner.
00:55:43.44\00:55:47.98
And they checked his
history, his credit history,
00:55:48.01\00:55:50.18
and he said, Yes,
this man's name counts,
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because he's got a
good credit history.
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And so my Dad signed,
and I took the stereo home.
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Do you know, that's
the way it works today.
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Jesus is our cosigner.
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Our signature is worthless.
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.07
Our facing Satan is worthless,
because we have no power.
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We can't say, I rebuke you.
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The devil's going
to say, who are you?
00:56:16.67\00:56:19.07
But if I say, when I'm
tempted; it could be food,
00:56:20.24\00:56:24.38
it could be drugs, it could be
alcohol, it could be cigarettes,
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it could be women, or
men, it could be clothing,
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whatever it is. If when the
devil comes to me, and he tempts
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me, at that very moment I say,
I have no power against you.
00:56:37.03\00:56:40.90
But He who overcame you, who
defeated you, is alive and well
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today, and I invoke His name.
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The devil must flee.
00:56:50.41\00:56:53.24
But we don't invoke His
name because we're weak,
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because we don't
have any willpower.
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You see, the victory that Jesus
won can be our victory today.
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And it's only a matter of
time until Jesus finishes off
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the job that He
started at Calvary,
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because the
devil is a wounded foe.
00:57:14.66\00:57:17.53
He's like a roaring lion.
00:57:17.57\00:57:19.13
He's a wounded lion.
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Because he knows
that his time is short.
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How about if we
claim the name of Jesus,
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and win victory after victory?
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