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we</c><00:12:07.220><c> see</c><00:12:07.539><c> Samuel,</c><00:12:08.559><c> who</c><00:12:08.759><c> comes</c><00:12:09.000><c> to</c> 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.659 the<00:12:09.419><c> town,</c><00:12:09.799><c> much</c><00:12:09.919><c> to</c><00:12:10.259><c> the</c><00:12:10.600><c> fright</c><00:12:10.899><c> of</c><00:12:11.159><c> the</c><00:12:11.340><c> elders</c> 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:16.139 who<00:12:11.940><c> come</c><00:12:12.100><c> out</c><00:12:13.019><c> trembling</c><00:12:13.480><c> to</c><00:12:13.919><c> him.</c><00:12:14.659><c> And</c><00:12:14.980><c> he</c><00:12:15.059><c> goes</c><00:12:15.299><c> to</c><00:12:15.620><c> Jesse's</c> 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:20.620 house<00:12:16.600><c> and</c><00:12:16.919><c> we</c><00:12:17.159><c> see</c><00:12:17.419><c> Samuel</c><00:12:18.519><c> there,</c><00:12:19.820><c> basking</c> 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:26.240 in<00:12:21.159><c> the</c><00:12:21.559><c> splendid</c><00:12:22.000><c> appearance</c><00:12:22.740><c> of</c><00:12:23.120><c> Jesse's</c><00:12:23.720><c> eldest</c><00:12:24.059><c> son,</c><00:12:24.960><c> Eliab.</c><00:12:25.960><c> And</c> 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.899 suddenly<00:12:26.600><c> God</c><00:12:26.840><c> reveals</c><00:12:27.259><c> to</c><00:12:27.519><c> him</c><00:12:27.700><c> his</c> 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:30.879 principle<00:12:28.320><c> of</c><00:12:28.600><c> choice.</c><00:12:28.960><c> He</c><00:12:28.960><c> says</c><00:12:29.200><c> in</c><00:12:29.379><c> verse</c><00:12:29.700><c> seven,</c><00:12:30.620><c> the</c><00:12:30.639><c> Lord</c> 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.980 said<00:12:31.100><c> to</c><00:12:31.419><c> Samuel,</c><00:12:32.460><c> look</c><00:12:32.500><c> not</c><00:12:32.759><c> on</c><00:12:32.919><c> his</c><00:12:33.200><c> countenance</c> 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:37.480 or<00:12:34.379><c> on</c><00:12:34.559><c> the</c><00:12:34.679><c> height</c><00:12:34.820><c> of</c><00:12:35.000><c> his</c><00:12:35.259><c> stature,</c><00:12:36.159><c> because</c><00:12:36.360><c> I</c><00:12:36.600><c> have</c><00:12:36.759><c> refused</c><00:12:37.120><c> him.</c> 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:40.159 For<00:12:38.019><c> the</c><00:12:38.220><c> Lord</c><00:12:38.519><c> seeth</c><00:12:38.840><c> not</c><00:12:39.139><c> as</c><00:12:39.360><c> man</c><00:12:39.600><c> seeth,</c> 00:12:40.419 --> 00:12:45.460 for<00:12:40.620><c> man</c><00:12:40.960><c> looketh</c><00:12:41.240><c> on</c><00:12:41.399><c> the</c><00:12:41.620><c> outward</c><00:12:41.860><c> appearance,</c><00:12:43.240><c> but</c><00:12:43.340><c> the</c><00:12:43.600><c> Lord</c><00:12:44.279><c> looketh</c><00:12:44.899><c> on</c> 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:46.720 the<00:12:45.860><c> heart.</c> 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:51.580 Samuel<00:12:48.139><c> couldn't</c><00:12:48.580><c> just</c><00:12:49.080><c> see</c><00:12:49.500><c> what</c><00:12:50.200><c> we</c><00:12:50.460><c> will</c><00:12:50.639><c> see</c><00:12:50.860><c> about</c><00:12:51.179><c> Eliab</c> 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:55.419 in<00:12:51.740><c> chapter</c><00:12:52.159><c> 17.</c><00:12:53.519><c> All</c><00:12:53.679><c> he</c><00:12:53.799><c> can</c><00:12:54.019><c> see</c><00:12:54.200><c> is</c><00:12:54.399><c> a</c><00:12:54.700><c> tall</c><00:12:55.019><c> and</c> 00:12:55.419 --> 00:12:59.440 impressive<00:12:56.120><c> figure.</c><00:12:57.580><c> And</c><00:12:57.659><c> if</c><00:12:57.779><c> I</c><00:12:57.899><c> could</c><00:12:58.039><c> change</c><00:12:58.360><c> one</c><00:12:58.700><c> thing</c><00:12:58.919><c> about</c><00:12:59.139><c> my</c> 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:01.000 vision,<00:12:59.720><c> I</c><00:12:59.799><c> think</c><00:12:59.960><c> that</c><00:13:00.139><c> would</c><00:13:00.320><c> be</c><00:13:00.519><c> it.</c><00:13:00.679><c> To</c><00:13:00.820><c> be</c> 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:06.539 able<00:13:01.220><c> to</c><00:13:02.360><c> see</c><00:13:03.080><c> not</c><00:13:03.779><c> the</c><00:13:04.000><c> outward</c><00:13:04.240><c> appearance,</c><00:13:04.980><c> but</c><00:13:05.139><c> the</c><00:13:05.659><c> inside,</c><00:13:06.279><c> the</c> 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:09.419 heart.<00:13:07.659><c> To</c><00:13:07.820><c> see</c><00:13:08.039><c> what</c><00:13:08.440><c> really</c><00:13:08.940><c> is</c><00:13:09.200><c> there.</c> 00:13:09.539 --> 00:13:12.080 And<00:13:09.659><c> of</c><00:13:09.919><c> course</c><00:13:10.039><c> we</c><00:13:10.159><c> can't</c><00:13:10.480><c> see</c><00:13:10.720><c> like</c><00:13:10.980><c> that.</c><00:13:11.179><c> God</c><00:13:11.460><c> sees</c><00:13:11.779><c> like</c> 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:13.860 that.<00:13:12.279><c> But</c><00:13:12.399><c> we</c><00:13:12.519><c> have</c><00:13:12.700><c> to</c><00:13:12.759><c> look</c><00:13:12.960><c> to</c><00:13:13.059><c> him</c><00:13:13.240><c> for</c><00:13:13.440><c> that</c><00:13:13.600><c> kind</c> 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:17.639 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David</c><00:13:27.220><c> is</c><00:13:27.519><c> brought</c><00:13:27.799><c> in</c><00:13:28.120><c> and</c><00:13:28.419><c> Samuel</c><00:13:28.740><c> anoints</c><00:13:29.220><c> him</c><00:13:29.360><c> in</c><00:13:29.519><c> verse</c><00:13:29.779><c> 12.</c> 00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:32.139 And<00:13:30.500><c> it</c><00:13:30.679><c> says</c><00:13:30.879><c> there,</c><00:13:31.639><c> and</c><00:13:31.740><c> the</c><00:13:31.899><c> scripture</c> 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:34.940 doesn't<00:13:32.460><c> often</c><00:13:32.919><c> describe</c><00:13:33.320><c> the</c><00:13:33.620><c> appearance</c><00:13:34.159><c> of</c><00:13:34.460><c> people,</c><00:13:34.759><c> but</c> 00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:37.519 it<00:13:35.139><c> does</c><00:13:35.279><c> with</c><00:13:35.500><c> David.</c><00:13:36.440><c> It</c><00:13:36.620><c> says</c><00:13:36.759><c> he</c><00:13:36.879><c> sent</c><00:13:37.139><c> and</c><00:13:37.340><c> brought</c> 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:43.340 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him</c><00:13:51.299><c> in</c><00:13:51.480><c> the</c><00:13:51.620><c> midst</c> 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:57.000 of<00:13:52.259><c> his</c><00:13:52.580><c> bread</c><00:13:52.899><c> ring.</c><00:13:53.460><c> And</c><00:13:53.659><c> the</c><00:13:53.759><c> spirit</c><00:13:54.080><c> of</c><00:13:54.220><c> the</c><00:13:54.320><c> Lord</c><00:13:54.460><c> came</c><00:13:54.740><c> upon</c><00:13:54.980><c> David</c><00:13:55.299><c> from</c><00:13:55.480><c> that</c><00:13:55.700><c> day</c><00:13:55.980><c> forward.</c><00:13:56.820><c> So</c> 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.940 Samuel<00:13:57.320><c> rose</c><00:13:57.620><c> up</c> 00:13:57.940 --> 00:14:02.720 and<00:13:58.480><c> went</c><00:13:58.919><c> to</c><00:13:59.539><c> Rhema.</c><00:14:00.519><c> Now</c><00:14:00.799><c> we'll</c><00:14:00.980><c> think</c><00:14:01.220><c> again</c><00:14:01.620><c> about</c><00:14:01.919><c> the</c><00:14:02.200><c> anointing</c><00:14:02.600><c> of</c> 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:04.539 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with</c><00:14:16.220><c> David</c><00:14:16.419><c> it's</c><00:14:16.779><c> a</c><00:14:16.940><c> horn.</c> 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:22.720 There<00:14:17.700><c> is</c><00:14:17.919><c> a</c><00:14:18.120><c> difference</c><00:14:18.360><c> again</c><00:14:18.779><c> there.</c><00:14:20.039><c> And</c><00:14:20.220><c> God</c><00:14:20.379><c> is</c><00:14:20.620><c> with</c><00:14:20.840><c> him.</c><00:14:20.980><c> Now</c><00:14:21.159><c> what</c><00:14:21.279><c> difference</c><00:14:21.559><c> did</c><00:14:21.700><c> that</c><00:14:21.879><c> make</c><00:14:22.080><c> to</c><00:14:22.320><c> David</c> 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:25.360 when<00:14:23.179><c> it</c><00:14:23.399><c> says</c><00:14:23.580><c> the</c><00:14:23.799><c> spirit</c><00:14:24.100><c> of</c><00:14:24.259><c> the</c><00:14:24.379><c> Lord</c><00:14:24.480><c> came</c><00:14:24.759><c> upon</c><00:14:25.159><c> him?</c> 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:27.620 How<00:14:25.539><c> did</c><00:14:25.700><c> his</c><00:14:25.879><c> life</c><00:14:26.080><c> change?</c><00:14:26.580><c> What</c><00:14:26.720><c> was</c><00:14:27.000><c> different?</c><00:14:27.299><c> Well,</c> 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:33.000 it's<00:14:28.059><c> interesting</c><00:14:28.460><c> if</c><00:14:28.620><c> you</c><00:14:28.720><c> look</c><00:14:28.879><c> at</c><00:14:29.000><c> chapter</c><00:14:29.279><c> 17,</c><00:14:30.080><c> where</c><00:14:30.240><c> David</c><00:14:30.700><c> describes</c><00:14:31.399><c> something</c><00:14:32.039><c> about</c><00:14:32.580><c> what</c><00:14:32.779><c> his</c> 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.399 life<00:14:33.159><c> was</c> 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.840 in<00:14:34.039><c> his</c><00:14:34.679><c> shepherding.</c><00:14:35.519><c> It</c><00:14:35.519><c> says</c><00:14:35.779><c> in</c><00:14:35.860><c> chapter</c><00:14:36.100><c> 17,</c><00:14:36.899><c> verse</c><00:14:37.100><c> 34,</c> 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:40.159 where<00:14:38.179><c> David</c><00:14:38.480><c> is</c><00:14:38.779><c> telling</c><00:14:39.019><c> Saul</c><00:14:39.259><c> about</c><00:14:39.539><c> how</c><00:14:39.740><c> God</c><00:14:39.940><c> is</c> 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:47.019 with<00:14:40.379><c> him.</c><00:14:41.139><c> He</c><00:14:41.279><c> says,</c><00:14:42.059><c> Thy</c><00:14:42.200><c> servant</c><00:14:42.840><c> kept</c><00:14:43.240><c> his</c><00:14:43.580><c> father's</c><00:14:44.120><c> sheep.</c><00:14:44.340><c> Of</c><00:14:44.559><c> course</c><00:14:44.740><c> he</c><00:14:44.960><c> did.</c><00:14:45.899><c> And</c><00:14:45.899><c> there</c><00:14:46.120><c> came</c><00:14:46.379><c> a</c><00:14:46.659><c> lion</c> 00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:50.039 and<00:14:47.279><c> a</c><00:14:47.519><c> bear</c><00:14:47.740><c> and</c><00:14:47.980><c> took</c><00:14:48.220><c> a</c><00:14:48.440><c> lamb</c><00:14:48.580><c> out</c><00:14:48.799><c> of</c><00:14:48.940><c> the</c><00:14:49.159><c> flock.</c><00:14:49.799><c> And</c><00:14:49.919><c> I</c> 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.200 went<00:14:50.240><c> out</c><00:14:50.539><c> after</c><00:14:50.779><c> him</c><00:14:50.980><c> and</c><00:14:51.220><c> smote</c><00:14:51.500><c> him</c><00:14:51.700><c> and</c><00:14:51.919><c> delivered</c> 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:55.240 it<00:14:52.440><c> out</c><00:14:52.620><c> of</c><00:14:52.720><c> his</c><00:14:52.879><c> mouth.</c><00:14:53.620><c> And</c><00:14:53.779><c> when</c><00:14:53.960><c> he</c><00:14:54.179><c> arose</c><00:14:54.460><c> against</c><00:14:54.779><c> me,</c><00:14:54.980><c> I</c> 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.039 caught<00:14:55.500><c> him</c><00:14:55.779><c> by</c><00:14:56.059><c> his</c><00:14:56.399><c> beard</c><00:14:56.840><c> and</c><00:14:57.460><c> smote</c><00:14:57.820><c> him</c><00:14:58.200><c> and</c> 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:02.019 slew<00:14:59.419><c> him.</c><00:15:00.759><c> Now</c><00:15:00.879><c> we</c><00:15:00.940><c> don't</c><00:15:01.159><c> know,</c><00:15:01.320><c> of</c><00:15:01.419><c> course,</c><00:15:01.620><c> whether</c><00:15:01.799><c> this</c> 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:04.639 occurred<00:15:02.340><c> before</c><00:15:02.799><c> his</c><00:15:03.139><c> anointing</c><00:15:03.679><c> or</c><00:15:03.879><c> afterwards,</c> 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:08.179 but<00:15:05.139><c> we</c><00:15:05.320><c> notice</c><00:15:05.519><c> that</c><00:15:05.700><c> this</c><00:15:05.840><c> is</c><00:15:06.059><c> the</c><00:15:06.200><c> kind</c><00:15:06.399><c> of</c><00:15:06.580><c> thing</c><00:15:06.779><c> that</c><00:15:07.139><c> Samson</c><00:15:07.440><c> would</c><00:15:07.759><c> do</c> 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:09.720 when<00:15:08.600><c> the</c><00:15:08.840><c> spirit</c><00:15:09.019><c> of</c><00:15:09.200><c> the</c><00:15:09.340><c> Lord</c><00:15:09.460><c> came</c> 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:14.240 upon<00:15:10.000><c> him.</c><00:15:11.019><c> That</c><00:15:11.360><c> David</c><00:15:11.779><c> became</c><00:15:12.200><c> a</c><00:15:12.559><c> Samson,</c><00:15:13.019><c> as</c><00:15:13.120><c> it</c><00:15:13.320><c> were.</c><00:15:13.960><c> And</c> 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.539 in<00:15:14.320><c> fact,</c><00:15:14.460><c> there's</c><00:15:14.620><c> many</c><00:15:14.980><c> parallels</c><00:15:15.340><c> between</c><00:15:15.720><c> Samson's</c> 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:20.600 life<00:15:16.799><c> and</c><00:15:17.120><c> David's.</c><00:15:17.879><c> And</c><00:15:18.159><c> we</c><00:15:18.279><c> don't</c><00:15:18.519><c> know</c><00:15:18.700><c> the</c><00:15:18.899><c> chronology</c><00:15:19.679><c> precisely</c><00:15:20.360><c> of</c> 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:22.620 judges,<00:15:20.980><c> but</c><00:15:21.379><c> it's</c><00:15:21.840><c> at</c><00:15:21.940><c> least</c><00:15:22.139><c> possible,</c> 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:27.740 isn't<00:15:22.899><c> it,</c><00:15:23.740><c> that</c><00:15:24.039><c> Samson</c><00:15:25.399><c> died</c><00:15:26.000><c> perhaps</c><00:15:26.419><c> only</c><00:15:26.799><c> a</c><00:15:27.259><c> number</c><00:15:27.480><c> of</c> 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:29.759 years<00:15:27.980><c> before</c><00:15:28.340><c> David</c><00:15:28.679><c> was</c><00:15:28.980><c> born.</c><00:15:29.240><c> He</c><00:15:29.360><c> would</c><00:15:29.580><c> still</c> 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:33.559 have<00:15:29.940><c> been</c><00:15:30.059><c> in</c><00:15:30.279><c> living</c><00:15:30.480><c> memory,</c><00:15:30.919><c> no</c><00:15:31.179><c> doubt,</c><00:15:32.080><c> of</c><00:15:33.100><c> the</c><00:15:33.299><c> people</c> 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.600 at<00:15:33.759><c> the</c><00:15:34.019><c> time.</c><00:15:34.379><c> Lots</c><00:15:34.600><c> of</c><00:15:34.980><c> parallels.</c><00:15:35.600><c> And</c><00:15:35.720><c> perhaps</c><00:15:35.960><c> then</c> 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:40.360 David<00:15:36.879><c> begins</c><00:15:37.460><c> to</c><00:15:38.240><c> be</c><00:15:38.360><c> this</c><00:15:38.700><c> way.</c><00:15:38.879><c> And</c><00:15:39.000><c> it</c><00:15:39.139><c> says</c><00:15:39.299><c> in</c><00:15:39.480><c> verse</c><00:15:39.740><c> 12</c> 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:46.700 that<00:15:41.139><c> he</c><00:15:41.700><c> was</c><00:15:42.980><c> ruddy.</c><00:15:44.440><c> Now</c><00:15:44.799><c> ruddy</c><00:15:45.799><c> means</c> 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:54.460 red.<00:15:48.320><c> And</c><00:15:48.440><c> it</c><00:15:48.620><c> can</c><00:15:48.820><c> refer</c><00:15:49.159><c> perhaps</c><00:15:49.500><c> to</c><00:15:49.860><c> his</c><00:15:50.100><c> hair</c><00:15:50.460><c> or</c><00:15:50.919><c> maybe</c><00:15:51.200><c> his</c><00:15:51.539><c> complexion.</c><00:15:52.919><c> It's</c><00:15:53.340><c> Admoni.</c><00:15:54.120><c> And</c><00:15:54.259><c> it</c> 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.379 comes<00:15:54.759><c> from</c> 00:15:55.379 --> 00:16:00.519 Adam.<00:15:56.519><c> He</c><00:15:57.000><c> was</c><00:15:57.500><c> a</c><00:15:57.860><c> son</c><00:15:58.039><c> of</c><00:15:58.519><c> Adam.</c><00:15:58.840><c> He</c><00:15:58.940><c> was</c><00:15:59.500><c> a</c><00:15:59.899><c> representative</c> 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.840 man,<00:16:01.000><c> the</c><00:16:01.200><c> son</c><00:16:01.399><c> of</c><00:16:01.620><c> man.</c><00:16:02.519><c> And</c><00:16:02.759><c> if</c><00:16:02.860><c> it</c><00:16:03.080><c> was</c><00:16:03.299><c> red</c><00:16:03.639><c> hair,</c> 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:07.700 then<00:16:04.000><c> that</c><00:16:04.100><c> would</c><00:16:04.240><c> be</c><00:16:04.360><c> very</c><00:16:04.659><c> unique,</c><00:16:05.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:05.139><c> it,</c><00:16:05.840><c> in</c><00:16:06.139><c> the</c><00:16:06.279><c> Middle</c><00:16:06.519><c> East?</c><00:16:06.899><c> Here</c><00:16:07.120><c> is</c><00:16:07.440><c> a</c> 00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:10.480 unique<00:16:08.080><c> man.</c><00:16:09.399><c> He</c><00:16:09.399><c> 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we</c><00:16:24.779><c> read</c><00:16:24.960><c> there</c><00:16:25.360><c> in</c> 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:34.080 verse<00:16:28.240><c> 10.</c><00:16:29.980><c> My</c><00:16:30.039><c> beloved</c><00:16:30.779><c> is</c><00:16:31.519><c> white</c><00:16:32.019><c> and</c><00:16:32.399><c> ruddy,</c><00:16:33.299><c> the</c><00:16:33.500><c> chiefest</c> 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.200 among<00:16:34.460><c> ten</c><00:16:34.940><c> thousand.</c><00:16:35.559><c> And</c><00:16:35.720><c> that</c><00:16:35.899><c> phrase</c> 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:39.220 ten<00:16:36.519><c> thousand</c><00:16:36.779><c> will</c><00:16:36.960><c> have</c><00:16:37.120><c> significance</c><00:16:37.600><c> in</c><00:16:37.899><c> David's</c><00:16:38.399><c> life.</c> 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:41.980 His<00:16:39.580><c> head</c><00:16:39.820><c> is</c><00:16:39.960><c> as</c><00:16:40.100><c> the</c><00:16:40.179><c> most</c><00:16:40.519><c> fine</c><00:16:40.840><c> gold,</c><00:16:41.620><c> his</c><00:16:41.759><c> locks</c> 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:46.100 are<00:16:42.240><c> bushy</c><00:16:42.539><c> and</c><00:16:42.820><c> black</c><00:16:43.120><c> as</c><00:16:43.580><c> a</c><00:16:43.779><c> raven.</c><00:16:44.299><c> And</c><00:16:44.360><c> verse</c><00:16:44.539><c> 16.</c><00:16:45.220><c> His</c><00:16:45.379><c> mouth</c><00:16:45.820><c> is</c> 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:49.279 most<00:16:46.519><c> sweet,</c><00:16:47.580><c> yea,</c><00:16:48.340><c> he</c><00:16:48.519><c> is</c><00:16:48.779><c> altogether</c> 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:53.759 lovely.<00:16:50.399><c> This</c><00:16:50.600><c> is</c><00:16:50.860><c> my</c><00:16:51.039><c> beloved</c><00:16:51.600><c> and</c><00:16:52.080><c> this</c><00:16:52.279><c> is</c><00:16:52.460><c> my</c><00:16:52.679><c> friend,</c><00:16:53.620><c> O</c> 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:58.000 daughters<00:16:54.299><c> of</c><00:16:54.820><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:16:56.100><c> And</c><00:16:56.360><c> we</c><00:16:56.500><c> see</c><00:16:56.740><c> there</c><00:16:57.320><c> in</c><00:16:57.799><c> the</c> 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.340 Song,<00:16:58.240><c> we</c><00:16:58.399><c> put</c><00:16:58.580><c> it</c><00:16:58.720><c> up</c><00:16:58.860><c> on</c><00:16:59.019><c> the</c><00:16:59.220><c> screen,</c><00:16:59.980><c> a</c><00:17:00.100><c> picture</c><00:17:00.460><c> of</c><00:17:01.080><c> the</c><00:17:01.320><c> bridegroom</c><00:17:01.980><c> of</c> 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:03.799 the<00:17:02.440><c> Lord</c><00:17:02.620><c> Jesus</c><00:17:03.019><c> Christ.</c><00:17:03.460><c> And</c><00:17:03.580><c> here</c> 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:08.200 David's<00:17:04.259><c> appearance</c><00:17:04.759><c> takes</c><00:17:05.119><c> us</c><00:17:05.400><c> to</c><00:17:06.059><c> that</c><00:17:06.359><c> description.</c><00:17:07.019><c> He</c><00:17:07.180><c> was</c><00:17:07.819><c> a</c> 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.940 beautiful<00:17:08.660><c> man.</c><00:17:08.980><c> He</c><00:17:09.079><c> was</c><00:17:09.279><c> altogether</c><00:17:09.779><c> lovely.</c> 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:16.359 Now,<00:17:12.740><c> what</c><00:17:12.940><c> do</c><00:17:13.079><c> we</c><00:17:13.200><c> notice</c><00:17:13.539><c> then</c><00:17:14.019><c> when</c><00:17:14.299><c> he</c><00:17:14.480><c> comes</c><00:17:14.880><c> into</c><00:17:15.660><c> the</c><00:17:16.000><c> four?</c><00:17:16.200><c> He</c> 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.480 still<00:17:16.500><c> hasn't</c><00:17:16.700><c> said</c><00:17:16.940><c> anything.</c><00:17:17.319><c> Coming</c> 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:22.680 down<00:17:17.740><c> to</c><00:17:17.759><c> chapter</c><00:17:18.099><c> 16,</c><00:17:19.500><c> we</c><00:17:19.740><c> see</c><00:17:20.640><c> here</c><00:17:21.380><c> a</c><00:17:21.740><c> description,</c><00:17:22.259><c> not</c><00:17:22.539><c> of</c> 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:25.039 his<00:17:22.880><c> appearance,</c><00:17:23.519><c> but</c><00:17:23.740><c> 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00:17:43.420 deaths.<00:17:41.119><c> And</c><00:17:41.259><c> his</c><00:17:41.420><c> servant</c><00:17:41.700><c> suggests</c><00:17:42.160><c> that</c><00:17:42.359><c> a</c><00:17:42.559><c> harpist</c><00:17:43.099><c> might</c> 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:46.079 help<00:17:43.660><c> to</c><00:17:43.960><c> ease</c><00:17:44.180><c> his</c><00:17:44.619><c> mind.</c><00:17:45.539><c> And</c><00:17:45.599><c> he</c><00:17:45.680><c> asks</c><00:17:45.920><c> him,</c> 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:50.119 verse<00:17:46.299><c> 17,</c><00:17:47.240><c> Saul</c><00:17:47.460><c> said</c><00:17:47.680><c> to</c><00:17:47.779><c> his</c><00:17:48.059><c> servants,</c><00:17:49.240><c> provide</c><00:17:49.339><c> me</c><00:17:49.640><c> now</c><00:17:49.859><c> a</c> 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:53.140 man<00:17:50.519><c> that</c><00:17:51.079><c> can</c><00:17:51.319><c> play</c><00:17:51.579><c> well</c><00:17:51.900><c> and</c><00:17:52.119><c> bring</c><00:17:52.380><c> him</c><00:17:52.599><c> to</c><00:17:52.880><c> me.</c> 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:59.200 Now,<00:17:53.799><c> that</c><00:17:54.000><c> word</c><00:17:54.220><c> there,</c><00:17:54.700><c> provide</c><00:17:55.079><c> me</c><00:17:55.380><c> now</c><00:17:55.579><c> a</c><00:17:55.759><c> man,</c><00:17:56.319><c> is</c><00:17:56.500><c> the</c><00:17:56.839><c> same</c><00:17:57.160><c> word</c><00:17:57.700><c> from</c><00:17:58.220><c> verse</c><00:17:58.759><c> 1</c> 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.660 where<00:17:59.539><c> God</c><00:17:59.880><c> says</c><00:18:00.160><c> at</c><00:18:00.359><c> the</c><00:18:00.440><c> end</c> 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:06.259 of<00:18:00.819><c> verse</c><00:18:01.000><c> 1,</c><00:18:01.380><c> I</c><00:18:01.599><c> have</c><00:18:01.859><c> provided</c><00:18:02.500><c> me</c><00:18:03.019><c> a</c><00:18:03.240><c> king.</c><00:18:04.079><c> So</c><00:18:04.359><c> it's</c><00:18:04.720><c> the</c><00:18:04.900><c> same</c><00:18:05.200><c> man.</c><00:18:06.039><c> In</c> 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:08.299 verse<00:18:06.640><c> 1,</c><00:18:07.660><c> but</c><00:18:07.819><c> look</c><00:18:08.019><c> at</c><00:18:08.180><c> this,</c> 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:12.240 the<00:18:08.519><c> same</c><00:18:08.900><c> word,</c><00:18:09.299><c> verse</c><00:18:09.579><c> 1,</c><00:18:09.960><c> God</c><00:18:10.200><c> says,</c><00:18:10.940><c> I</c><00:18:10.940><c> have</c><00:18:11.240><c> provided</c><00:18:11.779><c> me</c> 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.000 a<00:18:12.400><c> king.</c><00:18:13.019><c> And</c><00:18:13.119><c> then</c><00:18:13.359><c> Saul</c><00:18:13.460><c> says,</c><00:18:14.019><c> provide</c><00:18:14.319><c> me</c><00:18:14.579><c> now</c><00:18:14.839><c> a</c> 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:18.960 man.<00:18:15.240><c> And</c><00:18:15.380><c> it's</c><00:18:15.559><c> the</c><00:18:15.759><c> same</c><00:18:16.019><c> man.</c><00:18:16.579><c> It's</c><00:18:16.799><c> the</c><00:18:16.980><c> king.</c><00:18:17.880><c> It's</c><00:18:18.200><c> David.</c><00:18:18.660><c> It's</c> 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.559 the<00:18:19.160><c> beloved.</c><00:18:20.039><c> And</c><00:18:20.200><c> he</c><00:18:20.400><c> comes</c><00:18:20.680><c> into</c><00:18:21.440><c> Saul's</c> 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.279 presence.<00:18:24.000><c> Now,</c><00:18:24.200><c> notice</c><00:18:24.559><c> this</c><00:18:24.880><c> description</c><00:18:25.480><c> that</c><00:18:25.680><c> is</c><00:18:25.920><c> given</c> 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:31.019 of<00:18:26.720><c> David</c><00:18:27.259><c> here.</c><00:18:28.400><c> And</c><00:18:28.700><c> it</c><00:18:29.000><c> comes</c><00:18:29.359><c> in</c><00:18:29.799><c> verse</c><00:18:30.339><c> 18,</c> 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:34.819 where<00:18:31.599><c> one</c><00:18:31.799><c> of</c><00:18:32.000><c> the</c><00:18:32.140><c> servants</c><00:18:32.579><c> says,</c><00:18:33.119><c> behold,</c><00:18:34.019><c> I</c><00:18:34.160><c> have</c><00:18:34.400><c> seen</c><00:18:34.640><c> a</c> 00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:36.680 son<00:18:35.019><c> of</c><00:18:35.319><c> Jesse,</c><00:18:35.740><c> the</c><00:18:35.920><c> Bethlehemite,</c> 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.960 that<00:18:37.039><c> is</c><00:18:37.359><c> cunning</c><00:18:37.619><c> in</c><00:18:37.960><c> playing,</c><00:18:38.799><c> a</c><00:18:38.960><c> mighty,</c><00:18:39.759><c> valiant</c><00:18:40.000><c> man,</c><00:18:40.859><c> a</c> 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.259 man<00:18:41.140><c> of</c><00:18:41.420><c> war,</c><00:18:42.319><c> prudent</c><00:18:42.619><c> in</c><00:18:42.859><c> matters,</c> 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.480 and<00:18:44.019><c> a</c><00:18:44.140><c> comely</c><00:18:44.440><c> person,</c><00:18:45.099><c> and</c><00:18:45.559><c> the</c><00:18:46.059><c> Lord</c><00:18:46.440><c> is</c><00:18:46.839><c> with</c><00:18:47.140><c> him.</c><00:18:47.279><c> Now,</c> 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:50.140 notice<00:18:47.799><c> there,</c><00:18:48.579><c> seven</c><00:18:48.839><c> items</c><00:18:49.299><c> of</c><00:18:49.680><c> description,</c> 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:53.920 seven,<00:18:50.720><c> the</c><00:18:50.839><c> number</c><00:18:51.099><c> of</c><00:18:51.519><c> completeness,</c><00:18:51.920><c> a</c><00:18:52.220><c> complete</c><00:18:52.460><c> description</c><00:18:53.039><c> here</c><00:18:53.480><c> of</c> 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.180 David<00:18:54.339><c> ahead</c><00:18:54.619><c> of</c><00:18:54.940><c> time.</c> 00:18:55.660 --> 00:19:02.380 What<00:18:56.000><c> does</c><00:18:56.460><c> this</c><00:18:56.779><c> servant</c><00:18:57.180><c> say?</c><00:18:57.759><c> He</c><00:18:57.960><c> says</c><00:18:58.400><c> that</c><00:18:59.380><c> he</c><00:18:59.599><c> is</c><00:19:00.240><c> cunning</c><00:19:00.559><c> in</c><00:19:01.079><c> playing.</c><00:19:01.480><c> He's</c><00:19:02.099><c> a</c> 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:04.599 mighty,<00:19:03.059><c> valiant</c><00:19:03.460><c> man,</c> 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:11.500 prudent<00:19:05.299><c> in</c><00:19:05.539><c> matters,</c><00:19:06.059><c> and</c><00:19:06.099><c> the</c><00:19:06.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:06.539><c> is</c><00:19:07.039><c> discerning</c><00:19:07.599><c> of</c><00:19:08.059><c> word.</c><00:19:08.940><c> He</c><00:19:09.039><c> is</c><00:19:09.299><c> discerning</c><00:19:09.880><c> of</c><00:19:10.279><c> word,</c><00:19:11.279><c> a</c> 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.299 comely<00:19:11.859><c> person,</c> 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.720 and<00:19:12.420><c> that</c><00:19:12.579><c> means</c><00:19:12.880><c> handsome.</c><00:19:13.920><c> And</c><00:19:14.099><c> the</c><00:19:14.240><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:14.559><c> is,</c><00:19:15.240><c> he</c><00:19:15.299><c> was</c><00:19:15.539><c> a</c> 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:19.160 man<00:19:15.880><c> of</c><00:19:16.220><c> form,</c><00:19:17.400><c> and</c><00:19:17.799><c> the</c><00:19:18.000><c> Lord</c><00:19:18.220><c> is</c><00:19:18.480><c> with</c><00:19:18.680><c> him.</c><00:19:18.859><c> Now,</c> 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:22.039 can<00:19:19.440><c> you</c><00:19:19.619><c> imagine</c><00:19:20.140><c> this</c><00:19:20.559><c> description</c><00:19:21.059><c> in</c><00:19:21.279><c> the</c><00:19:21.519><c> court,</c><00:19:21.839><c> and</c> 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.900 Saul<00:19:22.200><c> hearing</c><00:19:22.660><c> it,</c><00:19:23.920><c> that</c><00:19:24.140><c> the</c><00:19:24.359><c> court</c><00:19:24.740><c> man</c><00:19:25.640><c> says,</c> 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:30.440 I<00:19:26.099><c> have</c><00:19:26.259><c> seen</c><00:19:26.599><c> this</c><00:19:27.000><c> man,</c><00:19:28.099><c> and</c><00:19:28.359><c> he</c><00:19:28.559><c> describes</c><00:19:28.900><c> him</c><00:19:29.160><c> wonderfully,</c><00:19:29.680><c> and</c><00:19:29.839><c> the</c><00:19:30.000><c> Lord</c><00:19:30.180><c> is</c> 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.859 with<00:19:30.559><c> him.</c><00:19:30.700><c> What</c> 00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:35.859 Saul's<00:19:31.299><c> reaction</c><00:19:31.640><c> be?</c><00:19:31.980><c> Of</c><00:19:32.079><c> course</c><00:19:32.319><c> it</c><00:19:32.420><c> was,</c><00:19:33.240><c> bring</c><00:19:33.299><c> him</c><00:19:33.500><c> to</c><00:19:33.640><c> me.</c><00:19:34.640><c> His</c><00:19:35.079><c> reaction</c><00:19:35.539><c> is</c> 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:37.579 our<00:19:36.160><c> reaction.</c><00:19:36.960><c> What</c><00:19:37.180><c> we</c><00:19:37.420><c> want</c> 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:41.740 to<00:19:37.839><c> see,</c><00:19:38.220><c> we</c><00:19:38.440><c> want</c><00:19:38.740><c> to</c><00:19:38.940><c> see</c><00:19:39.160><c> this</c><00:19:39.460><c> man.</c><00:19:40.099><c> Bring</c><00:19:40.380><c> him</c><00:19:40.619><c> to</c><00:19:40.799><c> me,</c><00:19:41.640><c> and</c> 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:44.380 of<00:19:41.960><c> course</c><00:19:42.140><c> he</c><00:19:42.220><c> has</c><00:19:42.420><c> to</c><00:19:42.579><c> be</c><00:19:42.759><c> fetched</c><00:19:43.119><c> from</c><00:19:43.720><c> the</c><00:19:44.160><c> sheep.</c> 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:47.920 It<00:19:44.539><c> says</c><00:19:44.799><c> in</c><00:19:44.960><c> verse</c><00:19:45.140><c> 19,</c><00:19:45.720><c> send</c><00:19:46.000><c> me</c><00:19:46.279><c> David</c><00:19:46.599><c> thy</c><00:19:46.880><c> son,</c><00:19:47.480><c> which</c><00:19:47.740><c> is</c> 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:49.700 with<00:19:48.200><c> the</c><00:19:48.400><c> sheep.</c><00:19:48.660><c> That</c><00:19:48.819><c> is</c><00:19:49.000><c> where</c><00:19:49.200><c> David</c><00:19:49.500><c> is,</c> 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:55.259 that<00:19:49.900><c> is</c><00:19:50.059><c> where</c><00:19:50.160><c> he</c><00:19:50.440><c> remains</c><00:19:50.980><c> always</c><00:19:51.740><c> in</c><00:19:52.740><c> his</c><00:19:53.119><c> outlook.</c><00:19:54.460><c> There's</c><00:19:54.660><c> an</c><00:19:54.839><c> interesting,</c><00:19:55.140><c> we</c> 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.920 don't<00:19:55.400><c> have</c><00:19:55.579><c> time</c><00:19:55.779><c> to</c> 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.900 look<00:19:56.059><c> at</c><00:19:56.220><c> it,</c><00:19:56.700><c> but</c><00:19:57.019><c> in</c><00:19:57.279><c> Daniel</c><00:19:57.619><c> chapter</c><00:19:57.980><c> five,</c><00:19:58.420><c> there's</c><00:19:58.579><c> a</c><00:19:58.680><c> very</c><00:19:58.980><c> similar</c><00:19:59.240><c> description</c><00:19:59.680><c> of</c> 00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:02.319 Daniel<00:20:00.680><c> by</c><00:20:01.660><c> the</c><00:20:01.940><c> queen</c> 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:06.619 who<00:20:02.720><c> describes</c><00:20:03.180><c> him</c><00:20:03.519><c> to</c><00:20:03.839><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:20:04.440><c> and</c><00:20:04.500><c> he</c><00:20:04.660><c> is</c><00:20:04.960><c> brought</c><00:20:05.140><c> into</c><00:20:05.380><c> the</c><00:20:05.599><c> king's</c><00:20:06.039><c> presence</c><00:20:06.380><c> in</c> 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.079 the<00:20:06.859><c> court</c> 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:10.440 to<00:20:07.720><c> help</c><00:20:08.019><c> him.</c><00:20:08.619><c> And</c><00:20:08.900><c> it's</c><00:20:09.240><c> a</c><00:20:09.380><c> repetition,</c><00:20:09.799><c> I</c><00:20:09.920><c> think,</c><00:20:10.119><c> in</c><00:20:10.279><c> some</c> 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:14.519 ways<00:20:10.619><c> of</c><00:20:10.859><c> this.</c><00:20:12.079><c> So</c><00:20:12.380><c> when</c><00:20:12.700><c> David</c><00:20:13.019><c> travels</c><00:20:13.539><c> from</c><00:20:14.140><c> his</c> 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:19.039 home<00:20:14.940><c> to</c><00:20:15.460><c> Saul,</c><00:20:16.339><c> he</c><00:20:16.460><c> doesn't</c><00:20:16.779><c> arrive</c><00:20:17.059><c> empty</c><00:20:17.460><c>-handed.</c><00:20:18.039><c> He</c><00:20:18.180><c> comes</c><00:20:18.640><c> with</c> 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:21.240 certain<00:20:19.400><c> items.</c><00:20:20.160><c> Jesse,</c><00:20:20.519><c> his</c><00:20:20.759><c> father,</c> 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:25.480 gives<00:20:21.680><c> him</c><00:20:22.019><c> three</c><00:20:22.400><c> things.</c><00:20:22.859><c> Now</c><00:20:22.960><c> look</c><00:20:23.119><c> at</c><00:20:23.279><c> them</c><00:20:23.759><c> in</c><00:20:24.039><c> verse</c><00:20:24.400><c> 20.</c> 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:29.200 It<00:20:25.619><c> says,</c><00:20:26.380><c> Jesse</c><00:20:26.380><c> took</c><00:20:27.099><c> an</c><00:20:27.460><c> ass</c><00:20:27.779><c> laden</c><00:20:28.339><c> with</c><00:20:28.640><c> bread</c> 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:34.759 and<00:20:29.880><c> a</c><00:20:30.019><c> bottle</c><00:20:30.200><c> of</c><00:20:30.440><c> wine</c><00:20:30.940><c> and</c><00:20:31.680><c> a</c><00:20:31.940><c> kid,</c><00:20:32.940><c> and</c><00:20:33.059><c> sent</c><00:20:33.240><c> them</c><00:20:33.539><c> by</c><00:20:33.960><c> David</c><00:20:34.420><c> his</c> 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that</c><00:23:45.420><c> perhaps</c><00:23:46.119><c> already</c><00:23:46.759><c> in</c><00:23:47.019><c> our</c><00:23:47.420><c> margin,</c><00:23:48.660><c> and</c><00:23:48.819><c> so</c><00:23:48.940><c> it</c> 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:51.980 takes<00:23:49.319><c> our</c><00:23:49.660><c> minds</c><00:23:50.059><c> to</c><00:23:50.339><c> the</c><00:23:50.839><c> battle</c><00:23:51.259><c> scene</c><00:23:51.579><c> of</c><00:23:51.839><c> the</c> 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:59.039 Lord<00:23:52.180><c> Jesus</c><00:23:52.599><c> Christ</c><00:23:53.279><c> to</c><00:23:54.220><c> get</c><00:23:54.500><c> semeny,</c><00:23:55.720><c> where</c><00:23:56.140><c> the</c><00:23:56.559><c> Lord</c><00:23:56.839><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:57.759><c> wrestling</c><00:23:58.339><c> with</c> 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:01.180 the<00:23:59.420><c> enemy,</c><00:24:00.599><c> were</c><00:24:00.740><c> told</c><00:24:00.900><c> by</c> 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:05.140 Luke,<00:24:01.700><c> and</c><00:24:01.799><c> being</c><00:24:02.099><c> in</c><00:24:02.279><c> an</c><00:24:02.539><c> agony,</c><00:24:02.980><c> he</c><00:24:03.059><c> prayed</c><00:24:03.339><c> more</c><00:24:03.759><c> earnestly,</c><00:24:04.700><c> and</c><00:24:04.880><c> his</c> 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.279 sweat<00:24:05.319><c> was,</c><00:24:05.619><c> as</c><00:24:05.819><c> it</c><00:24:06.000><c> were,</c> 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.160 great<00:24:06.940><c> drops</c><00:24:07.259><c> of</c><00:24:07.559><c> blood</c><00:24:08.079><c> falling</c><00:24:08.859><c> down</c><00:24:09.240><c> to</c><00:24:09.440><c> the</c><00:24:09.640><c> ground.</c><00:24:09.940><c> This</c> 00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:13.880 is<00:24:10.839><c> the</c><00:24:11.019><c> real</c><00:24:11.380><c> victory</c><00:24:11.980><c> that</c><00:24:12.579><c> will</c><00:24:12.819><c> be</c><00:24:13.039><c> won</c><00:24:13.259><c> by</c> 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:17.799 the<00:24:14.140><c> Lord</c><00:24:14.400><c> Jesus</c><00:24:14.859><c> Christ,</c><00:24:15.740><c> and</c><00:24:16.099><c> we</c><00:24:16.180><c> know</c><00:24:16.380><c> this</c><00:24:16.599><c> chapter</c><00:24:17.000><c> very</c> 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.779 well,<00:24:18.119><c> I</c><00:24:18.299><c> think,</c><00:24:18.559><c> we</c><00:24:18.720><c> don't</c><00:24:18.880><c> have</c><00:24:19.119><c> to</c> 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:22.980 rehearse<00:24:20.240><c> all</c><00:24:20.500><c> the</c><00:24:20.700><c> events,</c><00:24:21.779><c> but</c><00:24:21.900><c> we</c><00:24:22.079><c> have</c><00:24:22.200><c> the</c><00:24:22.440><c> two</c><00:24:22.619><c> armies,</c> 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:25.220 the<00:24:23.319><c> Israelite</c><00:24:23.720><c> and</c><00:24:23.839><c> the</c><00:24:24.039><c> Philistine,</c> 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:28.500 at<00:24:25.700><c> Ephes</c><00:24:26.099><c> Damim</c><00:24:26.440><c> on</c><00:24:26.700><c> two</c><00:24:27.000><c> hills,</c><00:24:27.380><c> and</c><00:24:27.539><c> there</c><00:24:27.680><c> is</c><00:24:27.880><c> a</c><00:24:28.039><c> valley</c> 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:31.900 between<00:24:29.180><c> them,</c><00:24:29.640><c> and</c><00:24:29.819><c> Israel</c><00:24:30.200><c> were</c><00:24:30.500><c> dismayed</c><00:24:31.180><c> and</c><00:24:31.460><c> greatly</c> 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:37.420 afraid,<00:24:32.700><c> because</c><00:24:33.819><c> for</c><00:24:34.259><c> 40</c><00:24:34.619><c> days</c><00:24:35.660><c> Goliath</c><00:24:36.400><c> has</c><00:24:36.799><c> crossed</c><00:24:37.119><c> the</c> 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:41.119 brook<00:24:37.680><c> and</c><00:24:38.019><c> taunted</c><00:24:38.539><c> Israel,</c><00:24:40.019><c> and</c><00:24:40.359><c> the</c><00:24:40.480><c> day</c><00:24:40.640><c> Goliath</c> 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:46.740 died<00:24:41.660><c> was</c><00:24:42.440><c> the</c><00:24:42.599><c> day</c><00:24:42.799><c> that</c><00:24:43.019><c> his</c><00:24:43.319><c> taunt</c><00:24:43.859><c> was</c><00:24:44.420><c> heard</c><00:24:44.960><c> by</c><00:24:46.039><c> David.</c> 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:48.859 That<00:24:47.240><c> was</c><00:24:47.440><c> the</c><00:24:47.579><c> first</c><00:24:47.740><c> time</c><00:24:48.019><c> David</c><00:24:48.359><c> heard</c><00:24:48.700><c> it,</c> 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:52.000 and<00:24:48.960><c> it</c><00:24:49.000><c> was</c><00:24:49.220><c> the</c><00:24:49.279><c> last</c><00:24:49.579><c> time</c><00:24:49.799><c> anyone</c><00:24:50.079><c> else</c><00:24:50.380><c> heard</c><00:24:50.579><c> it,</c><00:24:51.220><c> because</c><00:24:51.539><c> of</c><00:24:51.660><c> what</c><00:24:51.799><c> God</c> 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.559 was<00:24:52.200><c> about</c><00:24:52.380><c> to</c><00:24:52.619><c> do</c><00:24:52.859><c> through</c><00:24:53.160><c> him.</c> 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:57.079 David<00:24:54.480><c> has</c><00:24:54.700><c> been</c><00:24:54.920><c> sent</c><00:24:55.140><c> by</c><00:24:55.460><c> Jesse</c><00:24:55.779><c> to</c><00:24:55.960><c> his</c><00:24:56.240><c> brothers,</c><00:24:56.799><c> who</c><00:24:56.859><c> are</c> 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.759 in<00:24:57.220><c> the</c><00:24:57.420><c> army,</c><00:24:57.740><c> the</c><00:24:57.900><c> three</c><00:24:58.119><c> elders,</c><00:24:58.539><c> and</c><00:24:58.640><c> he's</c> 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:02.220 talking<00:24:59.140><c> with</c><00:24:59.319><c> his</c><00:24:59.539><c> brothers,</c><00:24:59.799><c> and</c><00:24:59.920><c> it</c><00:25:00.059><c> says</c><00:25:00.319><c> in</c><00:25:00.500><c> verse</c><00:25:01.160><c> 23,</c> 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:05.680 he<00:25:03.259><c> talked</c><00:25:03.599><c> with</c><00:25:03.880><c> them,</c><00:25:04.940><c> while</c><00:25:05.079><c> he</c><00:25:05.240><c> talked</c><00:25:05.440><c> with</c><00:25:05.559><c> them,</c> 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:08.819 And<00:25:05.740><c> behold,</c><00:25:06.359><c> there</c><00:25:06.400><c> came</c><00:25:06.599><c> up</c><00:25:06.799><c> the</c><00:25:06.960><c> champion,</c><00:25:07.680><c> the</c><00:25:07.880><c> Philistine</c><00:25:08.319><c> of</c><00:25:08.579><c> Gath,</c> 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.680 Goliath<00:25:09.400><c> by</c><00:25:09.740><c> name,</c> 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:13.640 out<00:25:10.900><c> of</c><00:25:11.039><c> the</c><00:25:11.200><c> armies</c><00:25:11.400><c> of</c><00:25:11.599><c> the</c><00:25:11.779><c> Philistines,</c><00:25:12.440><c> and</c><00:25:12.619><c> spake</c><00:25:12.940><c> according</c><00:25:13.380><c> to</c> 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.119 the<00:25:13.819><c> same</c><00:25:14.079><c> words,</c><00:25:14.859><c> and</c><00:25:15.099><c> David</c><00:25:15.539><c> heard,</c> 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:21.619 and<00:25:16.900><c> all</c><00:25:17.180><c> the</c><00:25:17.279><c> men</c><00:25:17.460><c> of</c><00:25:17.559><c> Israel,</c><00:25:17.900><c> when</c><00:25:18.059><c> they</c><00:25:18.359><c> saw</c><00:25:18.680><c> the</c><00:25:18.880><c> man,</c><00:25:19.740><c> fled</c><00:25:19.940><c> from</c><00:25:20.380><c> him,</c><00:25:21.059><c> and</c> 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:24.240 were<00:25:22.160><c> sore</c><00:25:22.819><c> afraid.</c> 00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:29.259 Well,<00:25:24.839><c> why</c><00:25:24.960><c> were</c><00:25:25.099><c> they</c><00:25:25.299><c> afraid?</c><00:25:26.559><c> In</c><00:25:26.759><c> verse</c><00:25:27.079><c> 25,</c><00:25:28.519><c> Israel</c><00:25:28.880><c> says,</c> 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:32.440 have<00:25:29.799><c> ye</c><00:25:30.180><c> seen</c><00:25:30.579><c> this</c><00:25:31.000><c> man?</c><00:25:31.519><c> Now</c><00:25:31.700><c> that's</c><00:25:32.000><c> the</c><00:25:32.180><c> same</c> 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:37.500 word<00:25:32.619><c> again.</c><00:25:33.319><c> Remember</c><00:25:33.640><c> that</c><00:25:34.099><c> the</c><00:25:34.259><c> man</c><00:25:34.559><c> in</c><00:25:34.740><c> Saul's</c><00:25:35.440><c> court</c><00:25:35.920><c> said,</c><00:25:36.660><c> I</c><00:25:36.660><c> have</c><00:25:36.980><c> seen</c><00:25:37.279><c> a</c> 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:39.039 man,<00:25:38.160><c> the</c><00:25:38.240><c> son</c><00:25:38.440><c> of</c><00:25:38.619><c> Jesse</c><00:25:38.880><c> of</c> 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:44.539 Bethlehemite,<00:25:39.960><c> and</c><00:25:40.140><c> now</c><00:25:40.380><c> Israel</c><00:25:40.700><c> uses</c><00:25:40.980><c> the</c><00:25:41.259><c> same</c><00:25:41.500><c> phrase.</c><00:25:41.900><c> They</c><00:25:41.960><c> say,</c><00:25:42.160><c> have</c><00:25:42.339><c> you</c><00:25:42.539><c> seen</c><00:25:42.819><c> this</c><00:25:43.220><c> man?</c><00:25:44.180><c> And</c><00:25:44.359><c> so</c> 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:44.980 we<00:25:44.740><c> have</c> 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:49.140 against<00:25:45.960><c> one</c><00:25:46.220><c> another</c><00:25:46.599><c> David</c><00:25:47.259><c> and</c><00:25:47.640><c> Goliath.</c><00:25:48.500><c> Have</c><00:25:48.680><c> you</c><00:25:48.900><c> seen</c> 00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.839 this<00:25:49.480><c> man?</c><00:25:49.720><c> Have</c><00:25:49.839><c> you</c><00:25:50.059><c> seen</c><00:25:50.240><c> this</c><00:25:50.599><c> man?</c> 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:53.700 Now<00:25:51.519><c> think</c><00:25:51.640><c> of</c><00:25:51.799><c> the</c><00:25:51.960><c> differences</c><00:25:52.259><c> between</c><00:25:52.740><c> them</c><00:25:52.920><c> and</c><00:25:53.039><c> what</c><00:25:53.279><c> now</c><00:25:53.500><c> is</c> 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:55.460 going<00:25:53.900><c> to</c><00:25:54.160><c> happen.</c><00:25:54.380><c> They</c><00:25:54.599><c> say,</c><00:25:55.119><c> have</c><00:25:55.220><c> you</c> 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:58.660 seen<00:25:55.619><c> this</c><00:25:55.900><c> man?</c><00:25:56.359><c> Surely</c><00:25:56.720><c> to</c><00:25:57.039><c> defy</c><00:25:57.400><c> Israel</c><00:25:57.799><c> is</c><00:25:57.940><c> he</c><00:25:58.200><c> come</c><00:25:58.420><c> up,</c> 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:01.220 and<00:25:59.220><c> it</c><00:25:59.420><c> shall</c><00:25:59.519><c> be</c><00:25:59.759><c> that</c><00:25:59.940><c> the</c><00:26:00.079><c> man</c><00:26:00.380><c> who</c><00:26:00.700><c> killeth</c><00:26:01.000><c> him,</c> 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:04.140 the<00:26:01.380><c> king,</c><00:26:01.859><c> will</c><00:26:01.920><c> enrich</c><00:26:02.279><c> him</c><00:26:02.460><c> with</c><00:26:02.740><c> great</c><00:26:02.980><c> riches,</c><00:26:03.839><c> and</c><00:26:04.000><c> will</c> 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:06.119 give<00:26:04.259><c> him</c><00:26:04.440><c> his</c><00:26:04.619><c> daughter,</c><00:26:05.440><c> and</c><00:26:05.660><c> make</c><00:26:05.839><c> his</c> 00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:10.180 father's<00:26:06.519><c> house</c><00:26:06.779><c> free</c><00:26:07.339><c> in</c><00:26:07.720><c> Israel.</c><00:26:08.799><c> And</c><00:26:09.000><c> it</c><00:26:09.160><c> says</c><00:26:09.299><c> in</c><00:26:09.539><c> verse</c> 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:15.059 four<00:26:11.079><c> about</c><00:26:11.819><c> Goliath</c><00:26:12.700><c> that</c><00:26:13.259><c> he</c><00:26:13.440><c> was</c><00:26:13.720><c> the</c><00:26:13.960><c> champion.</c> 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:19.680 He<00:26:15.480><c> was</c><00:26:15.680><c> named</c><00:26:15.960><c> Goliath,</c><00:26:16.660><c> and</c><00:26:16.779><c> his</c><00:26:17.019><c> height</c><00:26:17.299><c> was</c><00:26:17.559><c> six</c><00:26:18.000><c> cubits</c><00:26:18.779><c> and</c><00:26:19.339><c> a</c> 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:22.700 span.<00:26:20.000><c> So</c><00:26:20.339><c> clearly</c><00:26:20.720><c> the</c><00:26:21.480><c> most</c><00:26:21.900><c> intimidating</c> 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:28.720 warrior<00:26:23.319><c> you</c><00:26:23.599><c> might</c><00:26:23.920><c> hope,</c><00:26:24.319><c> or</c><00:26:24.420><c> not</c><00:26:24.660><c> hope,</c><00:26:24.900><c> to</c><00:26:25.200><c> see</c><00:26:25.519><c> on</c><00:26:26.079><c> the</c><00:26:26.359><c> battlefield.</c><00:26:28.039><c> Now</c><00:26:28.380><c> we</c> 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:30.200 just<00:26:29.000><c> look</c><00:26:29.240><c> then</c><00:26:29.519><c> at</c><00:26:29.960><c> the</c> 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:34.960 description<00:26:30.579><c> of</c><00:26:30.720><c> Goliath's</c><00:26:31.660><c> appearance.</c><00:26:31.980><c> We've</c><00:26:32.180><c> seen</c><00:26:32.640><c> David's</c><00:26:33.500><c> appearance.</c><00:26:34.720><c> What</c> 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.759 of<00:26:35.160><c> Goliath?</c><00:26:35.980><c> Well,</c><00:26:36.680><c> his</c> 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:45.859 name<00:26:37.299><c> means</c><00:26:37.819><c> splendor,</c><00:26:39.039><c> and</c><00:26:39.420><c> indeed</c><00:26:39.859><c> he</c><00:26:40.019><c> was</c><00:26:40.400><c> splendid</c><00:26:40.880><c> to</c><00:26:41.059><c> look</c><00:26:41.339><c> at,</c><00:26:42.319><c> enormous,</c><00:26:43.779><c> splendid.</c><00:26:45.220><c> But</c><00:26:45.400><c> look</c><00:26:45.579><c> at</c><00:26:45.680><c> the</c> 00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:48.480 description<00:26:46.240><c> of</c><00:26:46.500><c> him,</c><00:26:46.720><c> and</c><00:26:46.880><c> we</c><00:26:46.980><c> might</c><00:26:47.160><c> have</c><00:26:47.279><c> seen</c><00:26:47.599><c> this</c><00:26:47.880><c> before,</c><00:26:48.339><c> but</c> 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.619 let's<00:26:48.819><c> remind</c><00:26:49.099><c> ourselves</c><00:26:49.480><c> of</c><00:26:49.660><c> it.</c><00:26:49.779><c> He</c><00:26:49.920><c> was</c> 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:55.440 six<00:26:51.460><c> cubits</c><00:26:52.180><c> and</c><00:26:52.420><c> a</c><00:26:52.720><c> span</c><00:26:52.940><c> in</c><00:26:53.200><c> height,</c><00:26:53.559><c> six,</c><00:26:54.460><c> six</c><00:26:54.900><c> the</c><00:26:55.039><c> number</c> 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:58.599 of<00:26:56.319><c> man,</c><00:26:56.759><c> the</c><00:26:56.880><c> number</c><00:26:57.140><c> of</c><00:26:57.339><c> the</c><00:26:57.599><c> flesh.</c><00:26:58.160><c> But</c><00:26:58.339><c> he</c><00:26:58.460><c> was</c> 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.000 more<00:26:58.920><c> than</c><00:26:58.980><c> that.</c><00:26:59.259><c> He</c><00:26:59.400><c> exceeded</c><00:26:59.900><c> it.</c><00:27:00.640><c> He</c><00:27:00.740><c> was</c><00:27:00.920><c> six</c><00:27:01.200><c> cubits</c><00:27:01.619><c> and</c> 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:05.839 a<00:27:02.200><c> span.</c><00:27:03.359><c> And</c><00:27:03.500><c> there</c><00:27:03.640><c> are</c><00:27:03.859><c> six</c><00:27:04.299><c> items</c><00:27:04.779><c> of</c><00:27:05.099><c> weaponry</c> 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:09.700 detailed<00:27:06.480><c> in</c><00:27:06.799><c> verses</c><00:27:07.119><c> five</c><00:27:07.640><c> to</c><00:27:07.819><c> seven.</c><00:27:08.240><c> Now</c><00:27:08.440><c> we</c><00:27:08.480><c> know</c><00:27:08.799><c> he</c><00:27:09.180><c> also</c> 00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:12.220 has<00:27:10.279><c> a</c><00:27:10.579><c> sword</c><00:27:10.940><c> that</c><00:27:11.140><c> is</c><00:27:11.319><c> drawn</c><00:27:11.500><c> later,</c><00:27:11.839><c> but</c><00:27:11.960><c> that's</c> 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:16.279 not<00:27:12.380><c> described</c><00:27:12.859><c> at</c><00:27:13.140><c> first</c><00:27:13.400><c> in</c><00:27:13.640><c> verse</c><00:27:13.819><c> five</c><00:27:14.140><c> to</c><00:27:14.319><c> seven.</c><00:27:14.900><c> It</c><00:27:15.160><c> just</c><00:27:15.420><c> describes</c><00:27:15.779><c> six</c> 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.299 items.<00:27:16.839><c> So</c><00:27:17.039><c> he's</c><00:27:17.259><c> six</c><00:27:17.500><c> cubits</c><00:27:17.880><c> tall,</c> 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:21.960 and<00:27:18.980><c> there's</c><00:27:19.160><c> six</c><00:27:19.480><c> items</c><00:27:19.799><c> of</c><00:27:20.099><c> weaponry,</c><00:27:21.180><c> six</c><00:27:21.400><c> the</c><00:27:21.539><c> number</c><00:27:21.779><c> of</c> 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:28.579 the<00:27:22.200><c> flesh,</c><00:27:22.519><c> the</c><00:27:22.680><c> number</c><00:27:22.900><c> of</c><00:27:23.160><c> man.</c><00:27:23.960><c> And</c><00:27:24.220><c> they're</c> 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:33.680 brass<00:27:29.440><c> in</c><00:27:30.000><c> the</c><00:27:30.240><c> scripture</c><00:27:30.480><c> is</c><00:27:30.720><c> a</c><00:27:30.839><c> symbol</c><00:27:31.160><c> of</c><00:27:31.480><c> the</c><00:27:31.700><c> flesh</c><00:27:32.119><c> of</c><00:27:33.039><c> sin.</c><00:27:33.619><c> We</c> 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.799 think<00:27:33.960><c> of</c><00:27:34.180><c> the</c><00:27:34.420><c> brazen</c><00:27:34.819><c> serpent</c><00:27:35.299><c> that</c><00:27:35.519><c> Moses</c> 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:38.700 had<00:27:36.079><c> made</c><00:27:36.240><c> and</c><00:27:36.400><c> how</c><00:27:36.539><c> that</c><00:27:36.799><c> was</c><00:27:37.359><c> a</c><00:27:37.519><c> picture</c><00:27:37.759><c> of</c><00:27:38.019><c> the</c><00:27:38.119><c> Lord</c><00:27:38.299><c> Jesus</c> 00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:41.519 Christ<00:27:39.059><c> defeating</c><00:27:39.680><c> sin</c><00:27:40.279><c> in</c><00:27:40.500><c> the</c><00:27:40.700><c> flesh</c><00:27:40.960><c> in</c><00:27:41.259><c> second</c> 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:47.559 Kings<00:27:41.740><c> 18</c><00:27:42.200><c> and</c><00:27:42.460><c> John</c><00:27:42.740><c> three.</c><00:27:43.900><c> This</c><00:27:44.140><c> man</c><00:27:44.500><c> is</c><00:27:45.099><c> clothed</c><00:27:45.640><c> with</c><00:27:46.299><c> flesh.</c><00:27:47.460><c> He</c> 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:50.920 is<00:27:48.000><c> man.</c><00:27:48.559><c> He</c><00:27:48.680><c> is</c><00:27:49.000><c> splendid</c><00:27:49.440><c> to</c><00:27:49.819><c> the</c><00:27:50.059><c> flesh.</c> 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.740 He<00:27:51.119><c> is</c><00:27:51.279><c> all</c><00:27:51.460><c> that</c><00:27:51.559><c> you</c><00:27:51.640><c> could</c><00:27:51.779><c> hope</c><00:27:52.119><c> for</c><00:27:52.539><c> in</c><00:27:53.099><c> flesh,</c><00:27:53.460><c> as</c><00:27:53.740><c> it</c><00:27:54.000><c> were.</c><00:27:54.559><c> And</c> 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:58.299 there<00:27:54.900><c> he</c><00:27:55.119><c> is,</c><00:27:55.740><c> intimidating</c><00:27:56.279><c> and</c><00:27:57.259><c> defying</c> 00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:01.259 Israel<00:27:58.920><c> and</c><00:27:59.380><c> their</c><00:27:59.640><c> God.</c><00:28:00.099><c> Now</c><00:28:00.119><c> do</c><00:28:00.279><c> you</c><00:28:00.299><c> remember</c><00:28:00.460><c> what</c><00:28:00.619><c> God</c><00:28:00.799><c> said</c><00:28:01.039><c> to</c> 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:03.980 Samuel?<00:28:02.359><c> Look</c><00:28:02.400><c> not</c><00:28:02.599><c> on</c><00:28:02.740><c> his</c><00:28:02.960><c> countenance</c> 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:08.359 or<00:28:04.599><c> on</c><00:28:04.819><c> the</c><00:28:05.039><c> height</c><00:28:05.220><c> of</c><00:28:05.420><c> his</c><00:28:05.720><c> stature</c><00:28:06.140><c> in</c><00:28:06.500><c> reference</c><00:28:06.759><c> to</c><00:28:07.039><c> Eliab.</c><00:28:08.000><c> That</c> 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:10.000 was<00:28:08.700><c> what</c><00:28:08.920><c> they</c><00:28:09.160><c> should</c><00:28:09.319><c> have</c><00:28:09.500><c> been</c><00:28:09.700><c> doing</c> 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:14.960 here<00:28:10.299><c> at</c><00:28:10.559><c> Ephes</c><00:28:10.859><c> down.</c><00:28:11.160><c> Look</c><00:28:11.339><c> not</c><00:28:11.660><c> on</c><00:28:11.859><c> the</c><00:28:12.099><c> height</c><00:28:12.460><c> of</c><00:28:13.180><c> his</c><00:28:13.500><c> stature.</c><00:28:14.759><c> Now</c> 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:18.319 David<00:28:15.259><c> will</c><00:28:15.980><c> later</c><00:28:16.660><c> accuse</c><00:28:17.299><c> Goliath</c> 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:21.319 of<00:28:18.940><c> defying</c><00:28:19.440><c> the</c><00:28:19.740><c> armies</c><00:28:20.019><c> of</c><00:28:20.200><c> the</c><00:28:20.339><c> living</c><00:28:20.519><c> God.</c><00:28:20.779><c> Of</c><00:28:20.980><c> course</c><00:28:21.200><c> he</c> 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:24.460 was,<00:28:21.720><c> but</c><00:28:22.059><c> also</c><00:28:22.619><c> of</c><00:28:23.140><c> defying</c><00:28:23.680><c> the</c><00:28:24.019><c> God</c> 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:29.400 of<00:28:25.140><c> the</c><00:28:25.380><c> armies</c><00:28:25.779><c> of</c><00:28:25.980><c> Israel.</c><00:28:26.359><c> And</c><00:28:26.579><c> you</c><00:28:26.759><c> wonder</c><00:28:27.019><c> how</c><00:28:27.799><c> was</c><00:28:28.059><c> Goliath</c><00:28:28.539><c> defying</c><00:28:29.079><c> the</c> 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:32.400 God<00:28:29.779><c> of</c><00:28:30.380><c> the</c><00:28:30.619><c> armies</c><00:28:31.019><c> of</c><00:28:31.339><c> Israel?</c> 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:39.279 Well,<00:28:33.259><c> look</c><00:28:33.460><c> at</c><00:28:33.640><c> verse</c><00:28:33.859><c> 16</c><00:28:34.500><c> of</c><00:28:34.759><c> chapter</c><00:28:35.440><c> 17.</c><00:28:36.339><c> We</c><00:28:36.380><c> see</c><00:28:36.640><c> an</c><00:28:37.160><c> interesting</c><00:28:37.720><c> thing</c><00:28:38.140><c> here.</c> 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:45.019 It<00:28:40.380><c> says</c><00:28:40.740><c> in</c><00:28:41.539><c> verse</c><00:28:41.900><c> 26,</c><00:28:43.079><c> now</c><00:28:43.420><c> these</c><00:28:43.740><c> are</c><00:28:43.920><c> David's</c><00:28:44.299><c> first</c><00:28:44.519><c> words.</c><00:28:44.680><c> I</c><00:28:44.740><c> want</c><00:28:44.880><c> to</c> 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:46.500 look<00:28:45.160><c> at</c><00:28:45.240><c> those</c><00:28:45.460><c> more</c><00:28:45.759><c> closely</c><00:28:46.160><c> in</c><00:28:46.359><c> a</c> 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says,</c><00:32:44.640><c> How</c><00:32:44.740><c> is</c><00:32:44.980><c> it</c><00:32:45.140><c> that</c><00:32:45.259><c> ye</c><00:32:45.480><c> sought</c><00:32:45.720><c> me?</c><00:32:46.819><c> Wist</c><00:32:46.980><c> ye</c> 00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:49.720 not<00:32:47.519><c> that</c><00:32:47.720><c> I</c><00:32:47.980><c> must</c><00:32:48.180><c> be</c><00:32:48.599><c> about</c><00:32:48.980><c> my</c><00:32:49.220><c> father's</c> 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:56.480 business?<00:32:50.599><c> And</c><00:32:50.839><c> there</c><00:32:50.960><c> we</c><00:32:51.160><c> have</c><00:32:51.279><c> in</c><00:32:51.420><c> his</c><00:32:51.640><c> first</c><00:32:51.980><c> words</c><00:32:52.359><c> his</c><00:32:52.880><c> life</c><00:32:53.440><c> about</c><00:32:54.079><c> his</c><00:32:54.359><c> father's</c><00:32:54.819><c> business.</c><00:32:55.140><c> And</c><00:32:55.599><c> it's</c><00:32:55.880><c> true</c><00:32:56.099><c> of</c> 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.079 many<00:32:56.740><c> characters</c><00:32:57.160><c> in</c><00:32:57.339><c> the</c><00:32:57.539><c> scripture.</c><00:32:58.019><c> We</c><00:32:58.019><c> see</c><00:32:58.279><c> it</c><00:32:58.420><c> here</c><00:32:58.819><c> in</c> 00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.799 David's<00:32:59.599><c> first</c><00:32:59.779><c> words.</c><00:33:00.019><c> This</c><00:33:00.180><c> is</c><00:33:00.380><c> the</c><00:33:00.440><c> first</c><00:33:00.619><c> time</c> 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.680 David<00:33:01.039><c> has</c><00:33:01.319><c> spoken</c><00:33:01.859><c> in</c><00:33:02.500><c> the</c><00:33:02.700><c> scripture.</c><00:33:03.160><c> And</c><00:33:03.259><c> he</c><00:33:03.359><c> says,</c><00:33:04.579><c> What</c> 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:06.539 shall<00:33:04.839><c> be</c><00:33:05.019><c> done</c><00:33:05.180><c> to</c><00:33:05.400><c> the</c><00:33:05.599><c> man</c><00:33:05.779><c> that</c><00:33:05.940><c> kills</c><00:33:06.240><c> this</c> 00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:09.380 Philistine<00:33:07.019><c> and</c><00:33:07.160><c> takes</c><00:33:07.480><c> away</c><00:33:07.700><c> the</c><00:33:07.839><c> reproach</c><00:33:08.220><c> from</c><00:33:08.339><c> Israel?</c> 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:12.299 For<00:33:09.779><c> who</c><00:33:10.259><c> is</c><00:33:10.519><c> this</c><00:33:10.759><c> uncircumcised</c><00:33:11.619><c> Philistine</c> 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:16.859 that<00:33:12.660><c> he</c><00:33:12.920><c> should</c><00:33:13.039><c> defy</c><00:33:13.480><c> the</c><00:33:13.799><c> armies</c><00:33:14.299><c> of</c><00:33:15.039><c> the</c><00:33:15.299><c> living</c><00:33:15.640><c> God?</c><00:33:16.640><c> And</c> 00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:20.420 we're<00:33:17.039><c> told</c><00:33:17.240><c> in</c><00:33:17.460><c> verse</c><00:33:17.880><c> 31,</c><00:33:19.640><c> if</c><00:33:19.819><c> you're</c><00:33:19.960><c> back</c><00:33:20.180><c> in</c> 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:25.920 Samuel<00:33:20.880><c> 17,</c><00:33:22.059><c> that</c><00:33:22.240><c> these</c><00:33:22.680><c> words</c><00:33:23.160><c> were</c><00:33:23.759><c> rehearsed</c><00:33:24.720><c> before</c><00:33:25.259><c> Saul.</c><00:33:25.839><c> It</c> 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:28.319 says,<00:33:26.700><c> When</c><00:33:26.700><c> these</c><00:33:27.099><c> words</c><00:33:27.460><c> were</c><00:33:27.720><c> heard</c><00:33:28.039><c> that</c> 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.660 David<00:33:28.680><c> spoke,</c><00:33:30.019><c> they</c><00:33:30.160><c> were</c><00:33:30.480><c> rehearsed</c><00:33:30.960><c> before</c><00:33:31.500><c> Saul.</c><00:33:31.859><c> So</c><00:33:32.059><c> evidently,</c><00:33:32.539><c> no</c> 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.440 one<00:33:32.740><c> else</c><00:33:32.980><c> was</c><00:33:33.440><c> talking</c><00:33:33.880><c> like</c><00:33:34.220><c> this.</c> 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:38.619 No<00:33:34.660><c> one</c><00:33:34.799><c> else</c><00:33:35.000><c> was</c><00:33:35.519><c> producing</c><00:33:36.000><c> words</c><00:33:36.799><c> like</c><00:33:37.599><c> this.</c><00:33:37.920><c> No</c><00:33:38.079><c> one</c><00:33:38.240><c> else</c><00:33:38.420><c> was</c> 00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:41.460 giving<00:33:38.900><c> expression</c><00:33:39.500><c> to</c><00:33:39.859><c> faith</c><00:33:40.180><c> and</c><00:33:40.539><c> courage</c> 00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:48.519 in<00:33:41.900><c> their</c><00:33:42.240><c> words,</c><00:33:42.680><c> such</c><00:33:42.960><c> as</c><00:33:43.180><c> David</c><00:33:43.599><c> was.</c><00:33:44.619><c> When</c><00:33:44.900><c> the</c><00:33:45.200><c> words</c><00:33:45.519><c> were</c><00:33:45.839><c> heard,</c><00:33:46.640><c> which</c><00:33:46.920><c> David</c><00:33:47.420><c> spake.</c><00:33:48.279><c> And</c> 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.920 there's<00:33:48.700><c> a</c> 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.400 lot<00:33:49.039><c> of</c><00:33:49.140><c> trust</c><00:33:49.240><c> here</c><00:33:49.440><c> between</c><00:33:49.720><c> Goliath's</c><00:33:50.460><c> words</c><00:33:50.640><c> and</c><00:33:50.880><c> David's</c> 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:54.599 words.<00:33:51.720><c> And</c><00:33:51.799><c> it's</c><00:33:51.960><c> a</c><00:33:52.059><c> battle</c><00:33:52.279><c> of</c><00:33:52.579><c> words</c><00:33:53.099><c> as</c><00:33:53.779><c> well.</c> 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:59.400 And<00:33:54.900><c> so</c><00:33:55.680><c> David</c><00:33:56.380><c> goes</c><00:33:57.299><c> to</c><00:33:57.720><c> Saul.</c><00:33:58.380><c> But</c><00:33:58.559><c> before</c><00:33:58.839><c> he</c><00:33:59.079><c> does,</c><00:33:59.279><c> we're</c> 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:01.319 given<00:33:59.599><c> another</c><00:33:59.980><c> insight</c><00:34:00.380><c> into</c><00:34:00.619><c> his</c><00:34:00.880><c> character</c> 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:05.099 in<00:34:01.579><c> verse</c><00:34:01.859><c> 28,</c><00:34:02.480><c> because</c><00:34:02.920><c> there's</c><00:34:03.339><c> actually</c><00:34:03.660><c> another</c><00:34:04.000><c> big</c><00:34:04.460><c> guy</c> 00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.559 that<00:34:05.640><c> David</c><00:34:05.859><c> has</c><00:34:06.099><c> to</c><00:34:06.319><c> contend</c><00:34:06.640><c> with</c><00:34:06.880><c> before</c> 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:15.360 he<00:34:08.059><c> faces</c><00:34:08.420><c> Goliath.</c><00:34:09.179><c> And</c><00:34:09.320><c> it's</c><00:34:09.480><c> his</c><00:34:09.739><c> older</c><00:34:09.960><c> brother</c><00:34:10.340><c> Eliab.</c><00:34:11.599><c> And</c><00:34:11.800><c> it</c><00:34:11.960><c> says</c><00:34:12.199><c> in</c><00:34:13.019><c> verse</c><00:34:13.860><c> 28</c><00:34:14.739><c> of</c><00:34:15.119><c> 1</c> 00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.960 Samuel<00:34:15.719><c> 17,</c> 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:20.659 Eliab,<00:34:17.659><c> his</c><00:34:17.860><c> eldest</c><00:34:18.139><c> brother,</c><00:34:19.500><c> heard</c><00:34:19.760><c> when</c><00:34:20.000><c> he</c><00:34:20.239><c> spake</c><00:34:20.480><c> unto</c> 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:24.219 the<00:34:20.880><c> men.</c><00:34:22.320><c> And</c><00:34:22.460><c> Eliab's</c><00:34:22.940><c> anger</c><00:34:23.179><c> was</c><00:34:23.480><c> kindled</c><00:34:23.880><c> against</c> 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:27.699 David.<00:34:24.800><c> And</c><00:34:24.800><c> he</c><00:34:24.900><c> said,</c><00:34:25.820><c> Why</c><00:34:25.960><c> camest</c><00:34:26.380><c> thou</c><00:34:26.639><c> down</c><00:34:27.039><c> hither?</c><00:34:27.579><c> And</c> 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:30.159 with<00:34:27.980><c> whom</c><00:34:28.219><c> hast</c><00:34:28.519><c> thou</c><00:34:28.699><c> left</c><00:34:29.039><c> those</c><00:34:29.440><c> few</c><00:34:29.679><c> sheep</c><00:34:29.980><c> in</c> 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:35.159 the<00:34:30.340><c> wilderness?</c><00:34:31.239><c> There</c><00:34:31.400><c> were</c><00:34:31.519><c> the</c><00:34:31.679><c> keeper,</c><00:34:31.940><c> verse</c><00:34:32.139><c> 20.</c><00:34:33.099><c> I</c><00:34:33.239><c> know</c><00:34:33.460><c> thy</c><00:34:33.659><c> pride</c><00:34:34.159><c> and</c><00:34:34.360><c> the</c><00:34:34.559><c> naughtiness</c><00:34:34.980><c> of</c> 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:36.500 thine<00:34:35.340><c> heart,</c> 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:40.920 for<00:34:36.659><c> thou</c><00:34:36.880><c> art</c><00:34:37.079><c> come</c><00:34:37.340><c> down,</c><00:34:37.739><c> that</c><00:34:37.820><c> thou</c><00:34:38.039><c> mightest</c><00:34:38.599><c> see</c><00:34:38.960><c> the</c><00:34:39.599><c> battle.</c><00:34:40.420><c> So</c> 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.880 Eliab<00:34:41.400><c> attacked</c><00:34:41.800><c> David</c><00:34:42.260><c> and</c><00:34:42.420><c> he</c><00:34:42.639><c> attacks</c> 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:45.860 his<00:34:43.079><c> motives.</c><00:34:43.800><c> And</c><00:34:43.820><c> he</c><00:34:43.900><c> does</c><00:34:44.039><c> it</c><00:34:44.199><c> quite</c><00:34:44.519><c> publicly</c><00:34:45.039><c> in</c><00:34:45.659><c> front</c> 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:48.300 of<00:34:46.199><c> everyone.</c><00:34:46.639><c> And</c><00:34:46.739><c> he's</c><00:34:46.960><c> trying</c><00:34:47.300><c> to</c><00:34:47.699><c> humiliate</c> 00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:52.679 him.<00:34:49.059><c> Now,</c><00:34:49.239><c> how</c><00:34:49.320><c> does</c><00:34:49.559><c> David</c><00:34:49.800><c> react?</c><00:34:51.019><c> Well,</c><00:34:51.860><c> he</c><00:34:51.960><c> just</c><00:34:52.280><c> ignores</c> 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:55.260 it.<00:34:53.039><c> He</c><00:34:53.079><c> says</c><00:34:53.260><c> in</c><00:34:53.460><c> verse</c><00:34:53.699><c> 29,</c><00:34:54.380><c> David</c><00:34:54.780><c> said,</c> 00:34:55.699 --> 00:35:03.079 What<00:34:55.739><c> have</c><00:34:55.920><c> I</c><00:34:56.119><c> now</c><00:34:56.380><c> done?</c><00:34:57.039><c> Is</c><00:34:57.300><c> there</c><00:34:57.599><c> not</c><00:34:58.079><c> a</c><00:34:58.820><c> cause?</c><00:35:00.219><c> So</c><00:35:00.780><c> he</c><00:35:01.420><c> just</c><00:35:01.760><c> turns</c><00:35:02.420><c> away.</c><00:35:02.940><c> And</c> 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.219 it<00:35:03.199><c> says</c><00:35:03.300><c> in</c><00:35:03.519><c> verse</c><00:35:03.800><c> 30,</c> 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:07.800 he<00:35:04.440><c> turned</c><00:35:04.880><c> from</c><00:35:05.280><c> him</c><00:35:06.059><c> toward</c><00:35:06.440><c> another</c><00:35:06.820><c> and</c><00:35:07.099><c> spake</c><00:35:07.300><c> after</c><00:35:07.539><c> the</c> 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.099 same<00:35:08.099><c> manner.</c><00:35:08.659><c> And</c><00:35:08.840><c> the</c><00:35:08.960><c> people</c><00:35:09.159><c> answered</c><00:35:09.480><c> him</c><00:35:09.739><c> again</c> 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:14.519 after<00:35:10.659><c> the</c><00:35:11.059><c> former</c><00:35:11.380><c> manner.</c><00:35:12.059><c> Do</c><00:35:12.179><c> you</c><00:35:12.219><c> know,</c><00:35:12.460><c> brethren</c><00:35:12.559><c> and</c><00:35:12.800><c> sisters,</c><00:35:13.199><c> David</c><00:35:13.619><c> knew</c><00:35:13.980><c> who</c><00:35:14.260><c> to</c> 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.420 fight<00:35:14.800><c> and</c><00:35:15.000><c> who</c><00:35:15.199><c> to</c> 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:19.380 leave<00:35:15.639><c> alone.</c><00:35:16.519><c> We</c><00:35:16.840><c> need</c><00:35:17.059><c> to</c><00:35:17.380><c> choose</c><00:35:17.860><c> our</c><00:35:18.300><c> battles</c><00:35:18.719><c> wisely.</c><00:35:19.260><c> We</c> 00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:21.900 can<00:35:19.639><c> spend</c><00:35:19.900><c> all</c><00:35:20.260><c> our</c><00:35:20.559><c> lives</c><00:35:20.880><c> fighting</c><00:35:21.239><c> our</c><00:35:21.519><c> brethren</c> 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:25.239 and<00:35:22.400><c> the</c><00:35:22.559><c> members</c><00:35:22.760><c> of</c><00:35:22.960><c> our</c><00:35:23.139><c> own</c><00:35:23.380><c> house,</c><00:35:24.440><c> whilst</c><00:35:24.679><c> the</c><00:35:24.900><c> real</c> 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:28.320 enemy<00:35:25.619><c> roams</c><00:35:26.219><c> free,</c><00:35:26.659><c> winning</c><00:35:27.000><c> victory</c><00:35:27.420><c> after</c><00:35:27.800><c> victory</c> 00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:32.000 against<00:35:28.739><c> us.</c><00:35:30.300><c> And</c><00:35:30.480><c> David</c><00:35:30.719><c> says,</c><00:35:31.139><c> There's</c><00:35:31.300><c> no</c><00:35:31.460><c> battle</c><00:35:31.739><c> here.</c> 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:34.320 That's<00:35:32.340><c> where</c><00:35:32.500><c> the</c><00:35:32.719><c> battle</c><00:35:32.960><c> is</c><00:35:33.199><c> out</c><00:35:33.400><c> there</c><00:35:33.840><c> with</c> 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:36.940 that<00:35:34.539><c> man.</c><00:35:35.099><c> And</c><00:35:35.219><c> what</c><00:35:35.340><c> he</c><00:35:35.500><c> says</c><00:35:35.719><c> is</c><00:35:35.920><c> interesting.</c><00:35:36.519><c> He</c><00:35:36.519><c> says</c><00:35:36.780><c> in</c> 00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:39.579 verse<00:35:37.139><c> 29,</c><00:35:38.099><c> Is</c><00:35:38.300><c> there</c><00:35:38.519><c> not</c><00:35:38.739><c> a</c><00:35:39.059><c> cause?</c> 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:44.679 And<00:35:40.179><c> we</c><00:35:40.260><c> know</c><00:35:40.420><c> that's</c><00:35:41.099><c> variously</c><00:35:41.559><c> translated</c><00:35:42.059><c> in</c><00:35:42.340><c> other</c><00:35:43.079><c> versions.</c><00:35:44.500><c> But</c> 00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:46.739 notice<00:35:45.340><c> the</c><00:35:45.739><c> parallel</c><00:35:46.139><c> here</c> 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:51.280 with<00:35:47.219><c> the</c><00:35:47.380><c> Lord</c><00:35:47.559><c> Jesus</c><00:35:48.000><c> Christ.</c><00:35:48.940><c> Is</c><00:35:49.059><c> there</c><00:35:49.219><c> not</c><00:35:49.360><c> a</c><00:35:49.559><c> cause?</c><00:35:50.599><c> John</c><00:35:50.840><c> 12</c> 00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:54.980 verse<00:35:51.559><c> 27,</c><00:35:52.980><c> Now</c><00:35:53.199><c> is</c><00:35:53.440><c> my</c><00:35:53.639><c> soul</c><00:35:53.920><c> troubled,</c> 00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:59.119 and<00:35:55.320><c> what</c><00:35:55.500><c> shall</c><00:35:55.639><c> I</c><00:35:55.840><c> say?</c><00:35:56.840><c> Father,</c><00:35:57.900><c> save</c><00:35:58.280><c> me</c><00:35:58.440><c> from</c><00:35:58.579><c> this</c><00:35:58.900><c> hour,</c> 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.500 but<00:35:59.559><c> for</c><00:35:59.820><c> this</c><00:36:00.239><c> cause</c><00:36:01.019><c> came</c><00:36:01.619><c> I</c><00:36:01.820><c> unto</c><00:36:02.000><c> this</c><00:36:02.360><c> hour.</c> 00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:08.480 It<00:36:02.599><c> was</c><00:36:02.840><c> the</c><00:36:03.000><c> same</c><00:36:03.300><c> cause</c><00:36:03.880><c> that</c><00:36:04.599><c> David</c><00:36:04.900><c> was</c><00:36:05.159><c> fighting</c><00:36:05.539><c> that</c><00:36:06.199><c> the</c><00:36:06.340><c> Lord</c><00:36:06.519><c> Jesus</c><00:36:07.019><c> would</c><00:36:07.320><c> fight.</c><00:36:08.380><c> And</c><00:36:08.460><c> he</c> 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.920 says<00:36:08.719><c> in</c> 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:12.639 verse<00:36:09.119><c> 18,</c><00:36:09.579><c> Father,</c><00:36:10.019><c> glorify</c><00:36:10.639><c> thy</c><00:36:10.900><c> name.</c><00:36:11.800><c> And</c><00:36:11.920><c> David</c><00:36:12.139><c> says</c><00:36:12.440><c> to</c> 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:15.300 the<00:36:12.860><c> Philistine,</c><00:36:13.320><c> I</c><00:36:13.480><c> come</c><00:36:13.719><c> to</c><00:36:13.940><c> thee</c><00:36:14.139><c> in</c><00:36:14.420><c> the</c><00:36:14.760><c> name</c><00:36:15.079><c> of</c> 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:18.059 the<00:36:15.400><c> Lord</c><00:36:15.659><c> of</c><00:36:15.840><c> hosts,</c><00:36:16.119><c> which</c><00:36:16.280><c> will</c><00:36:16.460><c> be</c><00:36:16.679><c> glorified,</c><00:36:17.559><c> the</c><00:36:17.780><c> God</c> 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:20.320 of<00:36:18.239><c> the</c><00:36:18.460><c> armies</c><00:36:18.719><c> of</c><00:36:18.880><c> Israel,</c><00:36:19.300><c> whom</c><00:36:19.420><c> thou</c><00:36:19.659><c> hast</c><00:36:19.960><c> defied.</c> 00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:25.460 I<00:36:20.500><c> know</c><00:36:20.719><c> you</c><00:36:20.980><c> have</c><00:36:21.119><c> defied</c><00:36:22.039><c> him,</c><00:36:23.320><c> Goliath.</c><00:36:24.340><c> And</c><00:36:24.519><c> now</c><00:36:24.599><c> the</c><00:36:24.760><c> scriptures</c><00:36:25.099><c> make</c> 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:28.380 us<00:36:26.340><c> privy</c><00:36:26.679><c> to</c><00:36:26.900><c> the</c><00:36:27.019><c> way</c><00:36:27.239><c> David</c><00:36:27.719><c> sees.</c> 00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:32.619 Now<00:36:29.199><c> Goliath</c><00:36:29.559><c> was</c><00:36:29.840><c> somewhere</c><00:36:30.400><c> near</c><00:36:31.139><c> nine</c><00:36:31.739><c> and</c><00:36:31.960><c> a</c><00:36:32.079><c> half</c><00:36:32.280><c> feet</c> 00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:35.739 tall,<00:36:33.719><c> and</c><00:36:33.719><c> he</c><00:36:33.780><c> was</c><00:36:34.039><c> armored</c><00:36:34.360><c> to</c><00:36:35.280><c> the</c><00:36:35.500><c> teeth,</c> 00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:39.340 we<00:36:35.900><c> might</c><00:36:36.159><c> say,</c><00:36:36.519><c> and</c><00:36:36.619><c> for</c><00:36:36.760><c> well</c><00:36:36.900><c> over</c><00:36:37.179><c> a</c><00:36:37.400><c> month</c><00:36:37.619><c> he</c><00:36:37.860><c> had</c><00:36:38.239><c> intimidated</c><00:36:38.780><c> and</c> 00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.880 taunted<00:36:39.840><c> them.</c> 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:43.780 And<00:36:41.320><c> that's</c><00:36:41.579><c> the</c><00:36:41.699><c> nature</c><00:36:41.980><c> of</c><00:36:42.320><c> giants</c><00:36:42.659><c> in</c><00:36:42.920><c> our</c><00:36:43.159><c> lives.</c><00:36:43.519><c> That's</c> 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:45.380 the<00:36:43.880><c> nature</c><00:36:44.079><c> of</c><00:36:44.320><c> temptation</c><00:36:44.820><c> as</c><00:36:45.039><c> well,</c><00:36:45.199><c> isn't</c> 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:48.159 it?<00:36:45.500><c> That</c><00:36:45.619><c> it</c><00:36:45.780><c> doesn't</c><00:36:45.920><c> just</c><00:36:46.159><c> come</c><00:36:46.340><c> the</c><00:36:46.559><c> once.</c><00:36:47.400><c> It</c><00:36:47.440><c> comes</c><00:36:47.679><c> day</c> 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:51.119 after<00:36:48.519><c> day,</c><00:36:49.059><c> morning</c><00:36:49.440><c> and</c><00:36:49.699><c> evening,</c><00:36:50.320><c> relentlessly</c> 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:55.320 pressing<00:36:51.780><c> us.</c><00:36:53.360><c> And</c><00:36:53.539><c> did</c><00:36:53.639><c> you</c><00:36:53.760><c> notice</c><00:36:54.039><c> in</c><00:36:54.219><c> verse</c><00:36:54.400><c> 23</c><00:36:54.880><c> that</c><00:36:55.079><c> it</c> 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:58.360 said<00:36:55.460><c> he</c><00:36:55.760><c> came</c><00:36:56.079><c> up?</c><00:36:56.760><c> That's</c><00:36:57.079><c> right.</c><00:36:57.840><c> That</c><00:36:58.119><c> means</c> 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:01.380 he's<00:36:58.780><c> crossed</c><00:36:59.019><c> the</c><00:36:59.260><c> brook</c><00:36:59.440><c> and</c><00:36:59.539><c> he's</c><00:36:59.659><c> now</c><00:36:59.940><c> coming</c><00:37:00.179><c> up</c><00:37:00.420><c> Israel's</c><00:37:01.260><c> side.</c> 00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.619 He's<00:37:01.579><c> not</c><00:37:01.719><c> just</c><00:37:01.860><c> on</c><00:37:02.039><c> the</c><00:37:02.199><c> Philistine</c> 00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:05.739 side,<00:37:03.079><c> he's</c><00:37:03.219><c> come</c><00:37:03.420><c> onto</c><00:37:03.639><c> Israel's</c><00:37:04.179><c> hill.</c><00:37:05.260><c> And</c><00:37:05.440><c> that's</c><00:37:05.579><c> what</c> 00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:07.340 our<00:37:06.000><c> fears</c><00:37:06.139><c> and</c><00:37:06.340><c> worries</c><00:37:06.519><c> will</c><00:37:06.699><c> do</c><00:37:06.860><c> to</c><00:37:07.059><c> us.</c><00:37:07.159><c> They'll</c> 00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:10.480 come<00:37:07.460><c> into</c><00:37:07.659><c> our</c><00:37:07.880><c> homes</c><00:37:08.159><c> and</c><00:37:08.280><c> they'll</c><00:37:08.480><c> take</c><00:37:08.639><c> over</c><00:37:08.840><c> our</c><00:37:09.099><c> thoughts</c><00:37:09.559><c> if</c><00:37:10.320><c> we</c> 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.619 try<00:37:10.659><c> and</c><00:37:10.820><c> face</c><00:37:10.940><c> them</c><00:37:11.099><c> in</c><00:37:11.239><c> our</c><00:37:11.400><c> own</c> 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:16.000 strength.<00:37:13.340><c> And</c><00:37:13.539><c> when</c><00:37:13.760><c> they</c><00:37:14.019><c> say</c><00:37:14.199><c> to</c><00:37:14.420><c> David,</c><00:37:14.659><c> have</c><00:37:14.800><c> you</c><00:37:15.019><c> seen</c><00:37:15.300><c> this</c><00:37:15.679><c> giant?</c><00:37:15.880><c> I</c> 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.440 can<00:37:16.139><c> just</c><00:37:16.320><c> imagine</c><00:37:16.760><c> David,</c> 00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:21.579 who<00:37:17.920><c> I</c><00:37:18.099><c> think</c><00:37:18.239><c> was</c><00:37:18.940><c> quite</c><00:37:19.300><c> tall</c><00:37:19.559><c> and</c><00:37:19.760><c> big</c><00:37:19.920><c> himself,</c><00:37:21.340><c> looking</c> 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:24.619 out<00:37:21.920><c> over</c><00:37:22.280><c> the</c><00:37:22.800><c> valley</c><00:37:23.179><c> and</c><00:37:23.639><c> blinking</c><00:37:23.960><c> and</c><00:37:24.340><c> saying,</c> 00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:31.559 where?<00:37:25.780><c> I</c><00:37:26.260><c> can't</c><00:37:26.579><c> see</c><00:37:26.760><c> a</c><00:37:26.980><c> giant</c><00:37:27.219><c> out</c><00:37:27.539><c> there.</c><00:37:28.400><c> There's</c><00:37:28.639><c> only</c><00:37:28.900><c> one</c><00:37:29.179><c> giant</c><00:37:29.519><c> here</c><00:37:29.820><c> and</c><00:37:29.940><c> that's</c><00:37:30.260><c> God.</c><00:37:30.900><c> That's</c><00:37:31.380><c> a</c> 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:34.860 dwarf<00:37:31.760><c> over</c><00:37:32.079><c> there.</c><00:37:33.079><c> And</c><00:37:33.199><c> we</c><00:37:33.380><c> shan't</c><00:37:33.719><c> be</c><00:37:33.980><c> afraid</c><00:37:34.320><c> of</c><00:37:34.519><c> him.</c><00:37:34.760><c> And</c> 00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:37.519 he<00:37:34.940><c> tells</c><00:37:35.199><c> Israel</c><00:37:35.519><c> not</c><00:37:35.760><c> to</c><00:37:35.940><c> be</c><00:37:36.139><c> afraid</c><00:37:36.599><c> of</c><00:37:37.320><c> him.</c> 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:41.099 That's<00:37:37.860><c> the</c><00:37:37.940><c> way</c><00:37:38.079><c> David</c><00:37:38.500><c> saw.</c><00:37:38.940><c> He</c><00:37:39.039><c> didn't</c><00:37:39.280><c> look</c><00:37:39.539><c> on</c><00:37:39.739><c> the</c><00:37:39.920><c> height</c><00:37:40.099><c> of</c><00:37:40.320><c> the</c><00:37:40.519><c> statue.</c><00:37:40.940><c> If</c> 00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.880 he<00:37:41.239><c> looked</c><00:37:41.420><c> on</c><00:37:41.619><c> the</c><00:37:41.760><c> height</c> 00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:45.099 of<00:37:42.059><c> the</c><00:37:42.280><c> statue,</c><00:37:43.239><c> then</c><00:37:43.380><c> he</c><00:37:43.559><c> never</c><00:37:43.760><c> would</c><00:37:43.940><c> have</c><00:37:44.119><c> gone.</c><00:37:44.739><c> But</c><00:37:44.980><c> he</c> 00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:48.579 didn't<00:37:45.320><c> see</c><00:37:45.579><c> that</c><00:37:45.880><c> way.</c><00:37:46.920><c> And</c><00:37:46.920><c> then</c><00:37:47.760><c> Saul</c><00:37:47.940><c> tells</c><00:37:48.300><c> David,</c> 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:54.239 this<00:37:48.780><c> is</c><00:37:49.000><c> interesting</c><00:37:49.500><c> in</c><00:37:49.719><c> verse</c><00:37:50.000><c> 32,</c><00:37:51.119><c> that</c><00:37:51.380><c> David</c><00:37:51.820><c> cannot</c><00:37:52.320><c> fight</c><00:37:52.860><c> Goliath.</c><00:37:54.219><c> He</c> 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:55.300 says<00:37:54.440><c> in</c><00:37:54.599><c> verse</c><00:37:54.880><c> 32,</c> 00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:58.880 David<00:37:55.639><c> said</c><00:37:55.900><c> to</c><00:37:56.199><c> Saul,</c><00:37:57.059><c> let</c><00:37:57.239><c> no</c><00:37:57.519><c> man's</c><00:37:57.840><c> heart</c><00:37:58.039><c> fail</c><00:37:58.539><c> because</c> 00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:01.699 of<00:37:59.139><c> him.</c><00:38:00.099><c> Thy</c><00:38:00.380><c> servant</c><00:38:00.719><c> will</c><00:38:00.880><c> go</c><00:38:01.079><c> and</c><00:38:01.380><c> fight</c> 00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:06.539 with<00:38:01.980><c> this</c><00:38:02.239><c> Philistine.</c><00:38:04.000><c> And</c><00:38:04.119><c> Saul</c><00:38:04.300><c> said</c><00:38:04.500><c> to</c><00:38:04.699><c> David,</c><00:38:05.079><c> thou</c><00:38:05.280><c> art</c><00:38:05.559><c> not</c><00:38:05.880><c> able</c><00:38:06.260><c> to</c> 00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:08.639 go<00:38:06.940><c> against</c><00:38:07.699><c> this</c><00:38:08.119><c> Philistine</c> 00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:12.099 to<00:38:08.860><c> fight</c><00:38:09.099><c> with</c><00:38:09.300><c> him.</c><00:38:09.579><c> And</c><00:38:09.800><c> unwittingly,</c><00:38:11.039><c> unwittingly,</c><00:38:11.880><c> Saul</c> 00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:15.079 has<00:38:12.500><c> quoted</c><00:38:13.019><c> someone</c><00:38:13.440><c> else</c><00:38:14.199><c> from</c><00:38:14.539><c> the</c><00:38:14.760><c> scriptures.</c> 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:19.440 He<00:38:15.199><c> says,</c><00:38:15.840><c> thou</c><00:38:15.840><c> art</c><00:38:16.139><c> not</c><00:38:16.380><c> able</c><00:38:16.659><c> to</c><00:38:16.920><c> go</c><00:38:17.199><c> against</c><00:38:18.079><c> this</c><00:38:18.380><c> Philistine</c><00:38:18.780><c> to</c><00:38:18.980><c> fight</c><00:38:19.219><c> with</c> 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.460 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tells</c><00:38:31.679><c> Saul</c><00:38:31.920><c> about</c><00:38:32.340><c> how</c> 00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:34.219 God<00:38:32.780><c> is</c><00:38:33.000><c> with</c><00:38:33.179><c> him</c><00:38:33.380><c> in</c><00:38:33.559><c> verse</c><00:38:33.780><c> 36</c> 00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:38.340 and<00:38:34.400><c> 37.</c><00:38:35.000><c> And</c><00:38:35.139><c> he</c><00:38:35.260><c> says</c><00:38:35.559><c> in</c><00:38:36.119><c> verse</c><00:38:36.340><c> 37,</c><00:38:37.019><c> the</c><00:38:37.099><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.420><c> that</c><00:38:37.679><c> delivered</c><00:38:37.920><c> me</c><00:38:38.139><c> out</c> 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:40.079 of<00:38:38.460><c> the</c><00:38:38.659><c> paw</c><00:38:38.780><c> of</c><00:38:38.940><c> the</c><00:38:39.159><c> lion</c><00:38:39.460><c> and</c><00:38:39.860><c> out</c> 00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:42.900 of<00:38:40.320><c> the</c><00:38:40.320><c> paw</c><00:38:40.599><c> of</c><00:38:40.860><c> the</c><00:38:41.059><c> 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one</c><00:43:02.920><c> finally</c> 00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:06.099 pulled<00:43:04.179><c> in</c><00:43:04.380><c> on</c><00:43:04.519><c> it.</c><00:43:05.199><c> Of</c><00:43:05.380><c> course,</c><00:43:05.800><c> he</c><00:43:05.880><c> didn't</c> 00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:09.760 need<00:43:06.360><c> to</c><00:43:06.500><c> miss</c><00:43:06.639><c> at</c><00:43:06.860><c> all.</c><00:43:07.019><c> But</c><00:43:07.139><c> it's</c><00:43:07.340><c> interesting</c><00:43:07.739><c> to</c><00:43:08.019><c> know</c><00:43:08.280><c> that</c><00:43:09.099><c> Goliath</c><00:43:09.539><c> was</c> 00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:11.239 one<00:43:09.940><c> of</c><00:43:10.219><c> five</c><00:43:10.659><c> and</c><00:43:10.840><c> that</c><00:43:10.940><c> there</c><00:43:11.059><c> were</c> 00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:15.400 four<00:43:11.579><c> brothers</c><00:43:11.900><c> of</c><00:43:12.119><c> his.</c><00:43:12.940><c> And</c><00:43:13.280><c> they're</c><00:43:13.500><c> all</c><00:43:13.840><c> consumed</c><00:43:14.380><c> by</c><00:43:14.619><c> David's</c><00:43:15.179><c> men</c> 00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:17.159 later<00:43:15.780><c> on.</c><00:43:16.340><c> And</c><00:43:16.500><c> there's</c><00:43:16.599><c> an</c><00:43:16.840><c> interesting</c> 00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:22.019 parallel<00:43:17.579><c> there</c><00:43:17.860><c> that</c><00:43:18.260><c> although</c><00:43:19.019><c> David</c><00:43:19.480><c> won</c><00:43:19.699><c> the</c><00:43:19.900><c> victory</c><00:43:20.300><c> against</c><00:43:20.719><c> the</c><00:43:21.039><c> giants,</c><00:43:21.840><c> it</c> 00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:23.320 was<00:43:22.179><c> left</c><00:43:22.360><c> to</c><00:43:22.519><c> his</c><00:43:22.760><c> men</c><00:43:23.019><c> to</c> 00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:26.260 carry<00:43:23.480><c> on</c><00:43:23.699><c> the</c><00:43:23.900><c> battle</c><00:43:24.119><c> in</c><00:43:24.380><c> their</c><00:43:24.639><c> lives.</c><00:43:25.340><c> And</c><00:43:25.460><c> just</c><00:43:25.619><c> as</c><00:43:25.800><c> Christ</c><00:43:26.079><c> has</c> 00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:28.139 won<00:43:26.420><c> the</c><00:43:26.639><c> victory</c><00:43:26.980><c> for</c><00:43:27.340><c> us,</c><00:43:27.519><c> we</c><00:43:27.760><c> still</c><00:43:27.960><c> have</c> 00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:32.400 to<00:43:28.719><c> battle</c><00:43:28.719><c> in</c><00:43:29.280><c> our</c><00:43:29.539><c> lives</c><00:43:29.760><c> day</c><00:43:30.019><c> by</c><00:43:30.280><c> day.</c><00:43:31.000><c> And</c><00:43:31.059><c> so</c><00:43:31.239><c> our</c><00:43:31.539><c> final</c><00:43:31.920><c> thought,</c><00:43:32.280><c> I</c> 00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:34.699 know<00:43:32.599><c> I've</c><00:43:33.119><c> breached</c><00:43:33.739><c> the</c><00:43:34.019><c> 20</c><00:43:34.300><c> past,</c> 00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:37.900 but<00:43:35.039><c> perhaps</c><00:43:35.440><c> we've</c><00:43:35.719><c> breached</c><00:43:35.880><c> the</c><00:43:36.179><c> start</c><00:43:36.420><c> time.</c><00:43:36.699><c> I</c><00:43:36.860><c> don't</c><00:43:37.079><c> know.</c><00:43:37.440><c> That's</c><00:43:37.760><c> my</c> 00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:39.940 excuse<00:43:38.239><c> anyway.</c><00:43:39.159><c> But</c><00:43:39.340><c> our</c><00:43:39.619><c> final</c> 00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:42.280 thought<00:43:40.199><c> is</c><00:43:40.420><c> what</c><00:43:40.619><c> David</c><00:43:40.940><c> does</c><00:43:41.159><c> at</c><00:43:41.380><c> the</c><00:43:41.539><c> end.</c><00:43:41.699><c> And</c><00:43:41.840><c> we</c><00:43:41.920><c> know</c><00:43:42.059><c> it</c> 00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:46.500 well.<00:43:43.179><c> We're</c><00:43:43.340><c> told</c><00:43:43.679><c> in</c><00:43:44.000><c> verse</c><00:43:44.960><c> 51,</c><00:43:45.980><c> David</c><00:43:46.139><c> ran</c> 00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:49.800 and<00:43:46.739><c> stood</c><00:43:46.860><c> upon</c><00:43:47.099><c> the</c><00:43:47.340><c> Philistine</c><00:43:47.800><c> and</c><00:43:48.239><c> took</c><00:43:48.440><c> his</c><00:43:48.780><c> sword</c><00:43:49.179><c> and</c> 00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:51.599 drew<00:43:49.880><c> it</c><00:43:50.079><c> out</c><00:43:50.219><c> of</c><00:43:50.360><c> the</c><00:43:50.579><c> sheath</c><00:43:50.760><c> thereof</c><00:43:51.139><c> and</c><00:43:51.360><c> slew</c> 00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:55.880 him<00:43:51.800><c> and</c><00:43:52.079><c> cut</c><00:43:52.219><c> off</c><00:43:52.360><c> his</c><00:43:52.559><c> head</c><00:43:52.719><c> therewith.</c><00:43:54.159><c> And</c><00:43:54.360><c> it</c><00:43:54.500><c> says</c><00:43:54.860><c> at</c><00:43:55.280><c> the</c><00:43:55.460><c> end</c><00:43:55.679><c> in</c> 00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:57.539 verse<00:43:56.099><c> 54,</c><00:43:56.760><c> David</c><00:43:56.980><c> took</c><00:43:57.219><c> the</c><00:43:57.420><c> head</c> 00:43:57.539 --> 00:44:00.579 of<00:43:57.820><c> the</c><00:43:57.820><c> Philistine</c><00:43:58.360><c> and</c><00:43:58.500><c> brought</c><00:43:58.739><c> it</c><00:43:58.900><c> to</c><00:43:59.079><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:44:00.300><c> but</c><00:44:00.420><c> he</c> 00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:03.179 put<00:44:00.760><c> his</c><00:44:01.059><c> armor</c><00:44:01.380><c> in</c><00:44:02.119><c> his</c><00:44:02.480><c> tent.</c><00:44:02.760><c> And</c><00:44:02.880><c> we</c><00:44:02.940><c> know,</c> 00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:07.679 don't<00:44:03.420><c> we,</c><00:44:03.699><c> that</c><00:44:03.860><c> at</c><00:44:03.980><c> this</c><00:44:04.340><c> time,</c><00:44:05.340><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:05.780><c> was</c><00:44:06.079><c> not</c><00:44:06.260><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:44:06.900><c> It</c><00:44:07.019><c> was</c> 00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:09.880 Jebus.<00:44:08.219><c> It</c><00:44:08.360><c> was</c><00:44:08.599><c> a</c><00:44:08.739><c> Jebusite</c><00:44:09.239><c> city</c> 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:14.619 that<00:44:10.380><c> had</c><00:44:10.599><c> not</c><00:44:10.800><c> been</c><00:44:11.039><c> taken</c><00:44:11.840><c> by</c><00:44:12.400><c> Israel.</c><00:44:13.699><c> And</c><00:44:13.960><c> so</c><00:44:14.119><c> we</c><00:44:14.320><c> wonder</c> 00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:17.539 if<00:44:14.940><c> the</c><00:44:15.239><c> head</c><00:44:15.340><c> was</c><00:44:15.599><c> taken</c><00:44:16.219><c> outside</c><00:44:16.760><c> the</c><00:44:17.119><c> walls</c> 00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:20.559 of<00:44:17.940><c> that</c><00:44:18.179><c> city.</c><00:44:18.519><c> And</c><00:44:18.739><c> it's</c><00:44:19.300><c> marvelously</c><00:44:19.760><c> fitting,</c><00:44:20.139><c> isn't</c><00:44:20.360><c> it,</c> 00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:23.139 that<00:44:21.280><c> the</c><00:44:21.440><c> head</c><00:44:21.599><c> of</c><00:44:21.800><c> the</c><00:44:21.940><c> enemy</c><00:44:22.199><c> of</c><00:44:22.460><c> Goliath</c><00:44:22.840><c> was</c> 00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:29.619 taken<00:44:23.699><c> outside</c><00:44:24.400><c> the</c><00:44:24.659><c> walls</c><00:44:24.840><c> of</c><00:44:25.099><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:44:25.639><c> just</c><00:44:25.860><c> as</c><00:44:26.619><c> the</c><00:44:26.780><c> Lord</c><00:44:26.960><c> Jesus</c><00:44:27.320><c> Christ</c><00:44:27.739><c> would</c><00:44:28.619><c> bruise</c><00:44:29.460><c> the</c> 00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:30.119 head<00:44:29.719><c> of</c><00:44:29.960><c> the</c> 00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:33.840 serpent<00:44:30.519><c> in</c><00:44:30.960><c> that</c><00:44:31.159><c> very</c><00:44:31.460><c> same</c><00:44:31.679><c> place</c><00:44:32.119><c> outside</c><00:44:32.940><c> Jerusalem's</c> 00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:38.079 walls.<00:44:35.320><c> And</c><00:44:35.559><c> so</c><00:44:35.980><c> we've</c><00:44:37.219><c> charted</c><00:44:37.599><c> David's</c><00:44:37.980><c> life,</c> 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:42.320 the<00:44:38.360><c> beginning</c><00:44:38.619><c> thereof,</c><00:44:39.360><c> from</c><00:44:39.420><c> childhood</c><00:44:39.980><c> to</c><00:44:40.800><c> shepherd,</c><00:44:41.940><c> to</c> 00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:45.619 court<00:44:42.579><c> musician,</c><00:44:43.360><c> part</c><00:44:43.599><c>-time,</c><00:44:43.940><c> to</c><00:44:44.059><c> being</c><00:44:44.500><c> now</c><00:44:45.239><c> a</c> 00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:48.360 soldier<00:44:45.860><c> in</c><00:44:46.079><c> the</c><00:44:46.260><c> army.</c><00:44:46.619><c> Saul</c><00:44:46.719><c> will</c><00:44:47.000><c> keep</c><00:44:47.199><c> him</c><00:44:47.380><c> there</c><00:44:47.739><c> and</c> 00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:49.900 we'll<00:44:48.619><c> look</c><00:44:48.719><c> with</c><00:44:48.940><c> interest.</c>