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Witness #18: David

3 December 2013

The Giant-Slayer Who Would Be King

Let’s face the truth: our lives are full of storms. We are either coming out of a recent storm, currently in a storm, or will be facing a storm in the future. And sometimes, those storms seem as big as Goliath. Even when we are blessed with times of peace and rest, there is no Biblical promise that our lives will be simple and without struggle. In fact Jesus said exactly the opposite:

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." - John 16:33

Jesus does not define peace as a time without turmoil. He says that we can have peace even in trial because he has overcome the world.

The odds were against David in every way. The giant was a huge and skilled warrior. David was only a shepherd boy. All the mighty men of Israel, including the great King Saul, were hiding in their tents shaking in their boots. Yet, David stands up with only a sling and five stones! What did David have that everyone else was lacking at the time? Faith. David understood, by faith, that he could defeat Goliath because God had blessed him to kill a lion and a bear on previous occasions. He had practiced his faith in God before, and it was blessing him with courage now.

As we face the Goliath’s of our day-to-day lives, we need to remember that the battle is the Lord’s. Just like David, we should recall how God has delivered us in the past. That knowledge will strengthen our faith to face our current battle. Most of all, we need to remember that our Lord has already won the biggest battle for eternal salvation for us. Through Him, we are more than conquerors.

The words of an old hymn come to mind:

“When Satan comes to tempt our minds, We’ll meet him with these blesséd lines: Since Christ, the Lord, has won the field, We are determined not to yield.”

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Tags: all-in, david, faith, hebrews

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Brentwood Hills Primitive Baptist Church is a community of believers working together to transform our lives to the image of Jesus Christ. We believe it is our duty and privilege to live the gospel of the doctrines of grace in such a way as to edify the families within our church and other children of God in our community. Through regular worship based on strong Biblical principles, fellowship, admonishment, and outreach, we glory in the grace of the sovereign God working in our lives thereby showing the Spirit of God in the world.

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We identify ourselves as an old-line Primitive Baptist church. If you read our Articles of Faith, you’ll see that we hold to such doctrines as the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible. We recognize the King James Version (KJV) as the only English translation worthy of being called the Bible. We believe in salvation solely by the grace of a sovereign God. We believe that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, came to the earth to do the will of His Father, which was to deliver from the sentence of death all those the Father gave Him before the world began. We believe that Jesus fully satisfied the Father by atoning for all the sins of all His people. In time, we believe the Holy Spirit comes to each person that belongs to Jesus and regenerates them. Then (and only then) can anyone have faith, which is a fruit of the Spirit, by which you are able to believe the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. Whether or not you ever hear the gospel, or believe it if you did hear it, or obey it if you did believe it, rest assured that Jesus will remain forever faithful to you because, if He died for you, He will never deny that you belong to Him.

We believe that everyone for whom Christ died will without fail be raised again from the dead to a glorified life. Even if we are alive when He returns to raise the dead, we shall be changed to a glorified life. All the Redeemed will meet the Lord in the air. Then He will take us to Heaven and there we shall forever be with the Lord. The wicked will be raised at the same time as the righteous, but the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment along with Satan and his angels. Until that glorious day when Christ returns to raise the dead, He has provided a place for His people to find rest for their souls. This place is the Church. Jesus Christ set-up His church on this earth before His death on the Cross. The church is there for those of His people who have come to believe that God saved them by His Son, Jesus Christ. To believe that Christ “paid it all” gives believers the strongest motivation to serve Him. Once enlightened to this glorious truth, then the child of God should feel an obligation to become and remain an active member of the His church. To serve the Lord in His church makes for one of the great blessings to experience this side of Heaven. It fulfills you to serve in His church and it gives your life purpose and meaning.