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1 Samuel 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from
him and were dreadfully afraid.
1 Samuel 17:40 And he [David] took his staff in his hand, and chose him five
smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had,
even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
THE GIANTS WE HEAR CAN CAUSE US TO FEAR
1 Samuel 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,
they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
THE GIANTS WE SEE CAN CAUSE US TO FEAR
1 Samuel 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him
and were dreadfully afraid.
James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can
be against us?
1 Samuel 17:29 And David said, …”Is there not a cause?”
I. THERE’S NO NEED TO FEAR, UNDERDOG IS HERE!
1 Samuel 17:40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself
five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch
which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
2 Samuel 21:22 “These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by
the hand of David and by the hand of his servants”
1 Samuel 17:40 ” …five smooth stones from the brook … and his sling was in
his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
Historian Robert Dohrenwend writes, “Goliath had as much chance against David,
as any Bronze Age warrior with a sword would have had against an [opponent]
armed with a .45 automatic pistol.”
Judges 20:16 Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were
left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair’s breadth and not miss.
II. BIG TALK, NO ACTION!
1 Samuel 17:41 So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the
man who bore the shield went before him.
1 Samuel 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained
him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking.
1 Samuel 17:43 So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me
with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your
flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
III. THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’S.
1 Samuel 17:45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword,
with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of
hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
1 Samuel 17:46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike
you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the
camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth,
that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save
with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our
hands.”
IV. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
1 Samuel 17:48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to
meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
1 Samuel 17:49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and
he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into
his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
1 Samuel 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone,
and struck the Philistine and killed him.
Psalm 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked]
every day.
Psalm 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and
made it ready.
Psalm 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
his arrows against the persecutors.
1 Corinthians 1:27 “… and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty.
Matthew 17:20 “… I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will
say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you.
V. CUTTING THE SNAKE’S HEAD OFF!
1 Samuel 17:50 “… But there was no sword in the hand of David.
1 Samuel 17:51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword
and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And
when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
1 Samuel 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to
Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
Genesis 3:15 “… He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”
2 Samuel 7:12 “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers,
I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will
establish his kingdom.
1 Samuel 7:13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom forever.
VI. FINDING OUR CHAMPION JESUS.
Ezekiel 34:24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince
among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.
Luke 1:32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the
Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
1) One man David and one man Jesus fought for all.
2) Like David, Jesus stood in the middle.
3) David and Jesus disarmed and destroyed the devil once and for all.
4) Jesus fought the giants of “sin, law, death” for me, and won.
