Title: 5 Smooth Stones Conclusion.
Theme: To summarize the defeat of the Goliath.
Text: 1 Samuel 17, 2 Corinthians 10:5-6
Introduction
This is an epic battle between two giants. Goliath standing at almost 10 feet tall. Armor weighing 126lbs and a spear head over 15lbs. He was a giant of a man. He was a warrior of warriors. He also had 4 other brothers. This goliath was big, arrogant and boastful.
Then there was David, he was just a young boy. Not old enough to go to war. We find him first on the “back side of the dessert”. He was a shepherd. Truth to be told no one believed in him. His father, the prophet, his brothers, not even King Saul himself. They saw him as a little man with no purpose.
But David was a giant. Maybe not as Goliath or as others would see but David was a giant in the faith. This is what he tells his brothers.
1 Samuel 17:29 And David said, "What have I done now? Is there not a cause?"
There is a distinguishing difference between whom He knew as God. The Lord Jehovah and who Goliath knew. There is a difference. There is a cause and purpose.
There is a difference between God and this world. There is a difference between worship. There is a difference between destinations: heaven or hell.
This is what he tells Saul
1 Samuel 17:32-37 Then David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine." (33) And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth." (34) But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, (35) I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. (36) Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God." (37) Moreover David said, "The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the Lord be with you!"
This is what he tells Goliath.
1 Samuel 17:41-47 So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. (42) And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. (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. (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!" (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. (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. (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."
These are powerful words of faith. Not in David’s ability but in God’s power to deliver. David has confidence in God. David had faith in God.
This battle was not David’s battle but the “Battle is the Lords”
So David runs right into the battle. He doesn’t back down but listen to this:
1 Samuel 17:48 So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hastened and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
And he prevailed.
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. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.
Wow! What an epic battle. But what man who was a giant in the faith. My favorite part of the story is:
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.
David cut the head off the giant. He defeated it and killed the giant.
Side note: Saul tried to kill that which killed his giant.
Our battle and our victory
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. (4) For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, (5) casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, (6) and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
This is so important. We have to make sure we cut the head off the enemy and not leave any opportunity for him to live.
This may mean separating from the areas that will pull us down. It may mean deleting accounts. It may mean cutting people off who would pull us down.
When we cut the enemy off then the darkness must flee.
“6 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.”
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.—1Pe_5:8
“pulling down strongholds”
Strongholds – fortresses.
Illustration: the walls of Jericho
Anything that the enemy has placed in your life that is keeping you from growing or moving forward.
“casting down imaginations”
The imagination can be a strong thing. It can make you thing things or imagine things that are not real.
You can think things about your self that is not true.
“and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God”
Any high thing that exalts itself against God. “Every knee
Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
“bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ”
Getting a hold of our thinking.
“and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled”
Punish – discipline all disobedience. Knowing there is a price to be paid.
Conclusion
Three R’s of Spiritual Victory from Chuck Smith's commentary on 2 Corinthians 10
So, there are really the three R’s I call the spiritual victory. And the one is to Recognize the source of the attack. This is the enemy at work. He’s attacking me. Having recognized it, then I can deal with it by Resisting it in the name of Jesus. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And then the third key to victory is to Rejoice in the victory of the Lord over the powers and the forces of darkness, and as you rejoice you find the depression goes; you find that the irritation leaves, and you begin to really feel victory in Christ. And what a difference the day becomes because you have taken that victory that is yours through Christ over this attack of the enemy against you. From commentary by Chuck Smith on 2 Corinthians 10:1-18
