1972 David Series

1Sam. 28:10 Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: "As surely as the LORD lives, nothing bad will happen to you because of this."

Psalm 33:13 The LORD looks down from heaven; He observes everyone.

2Sam. 14:26 And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

Notes from R. B. Thieme Jr.’s teaching.

1972 David Series 631 (496 Lessons):

This was begun as a Thanksgiving Special in 1972 and eventually completed 09/19/1980. Bob got as far as 2Sam. 19:8, then covered Psalm 33; and then did not pick up the series again. I personally arrived in Houston almost exactly a year earlier, and originally started with the David series when Bob picked it up again on 01/07/1979 with lesson #213 (2Sam. 10).

Doctrines                                                                                                                 Psalms

2Samuel 16:1–12                                 72David                                              631_0001

This morning begins a conference. I am uncertain as to which conference this is.

Lately, we have been studying the supergrace. God has the capacity to give and the assets to give. Under perfect character, God is qualified to give. God wants believers to be happy. He keeps us around in order to make us happy.

James and monetary reversionism. God is looking for a man with whom He can trust a million dollars or a billion dollars. The way that God would provide this is through capacity. The capacity is gotten through the supergrace life.

The believer moves into supergrace. They develop capacity for life, capacity for adversity, where God can express to the maximum His own capacity to give. God entrusted the Apostle Paul with more doctrine than anyone else.

God looks for one man in business, and He is willing to give billions of dollars.

David was a supergrace believer. He achieved this very early in life. God gave him 2 things that He had never given anyone else in human history. David, because of his intake of doctrine, succeeded in 2 great professions; he is one of the greatest military men who ever lived; great as a junior officer and as a battalion commander. He had a capacity for this. He was also a great king. He stands alone in the way that Moses and Jeremiah stand alone; as Paul stands alone. In our generation, there is no excuse for a large number of believers finding this capacity.

Men ought to have capacity for leadership; capacity for success in their chosen profession; capacity for happiness; etc.

When people think that Easter and Christmas are the times to come to church, they have no capacities. All of our capacities are related to Bible doctrine. There is no special Thanksgiving service. We regard every day alike. Every day is a day to be redeemed. A bunch of people standing up and saying why they are thankful, we are beyond that.

Bob remembers people going out weeping remarking about how good it was ot be there. This morning we begin the study of a young man who skipped all funsville of his day. He wasn’t stealing money from the teacher’s drawers, chasing after women, or behind the fence smoking reefer. He went all out in his youth that carried him throughout most of his life. David lived to about age 80 and he had a phenomenally happy life. He spent his youth with smelly sheep. This may have made him unique in certain areas, this smell. But he took in Bible doctrine every day. God made it available.

This is a story about Samuel, a mourning prophet. Saul, a reversionistic king, and David. This finds Israel where the United States is today. A reversionistic nation can only go in one of 2 ways. Never have so many parasites sucked so much freedom from hard working people. This is a nation of psychos running everything and bleeding hearts.

All 3 men are mentioned in v. 1. Samuel is the first great prophet in Israel since Moses. Whenever a nation has among its believers, those who are positive toward doctrine, God will provide communicators of doctrine.

1080 b.c. born to Hannah, and he is the first major prophet and last of the judges. King Saul had a talent for being clever and he had the ability to seem quite humble. When the chips were down, he always failed.

Samuel begins to think of Saul as the only hope; he is tall, he is handsome, he is clever. Samuel is in a state of reversionism; he thinks Saul is the only answer.

This means that Saul had a good. Discipline intensifies. All things that usually make you happy, now it makes you miserable. Everything is intensified. The final stage is dying. There are 2 areas where you can change you mind. God kept Saul alive for 40 more years in order to give him a chance to recover. He suffered from nearly every system of reversionism. He had everything going for him.

The divine view is, God has rejected Saul. God is fair and he can still recover. God’s plan goes on with you or without you. If you choose reversionism, then you lose all possibility for happiness in time. God is held up because we lack the capacity for love for freedom for life. That is what holds everyone up.

Saul will remain king for another 30 years or so, and God keeps him there to allow him to be blessed. We may love people on a meritorious basis, but God loves on the basis of His Own perfect character. Bible doctrine will so improve our own soul capacity that we will love those we ought to love.

God meets Saul in heaven and tells him, “You could have had heaven on earth, you stupid ass.” God only has the short time of our life as a believer to show us Who He is. Some of you will say, “I was in reversionism” when God was handing out blessing.

We have even more grace potential than Saul. We have permanently the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We have things going for us which are phenomenal. God is knocking on your door because you have gotten some lumps lately. And once you reach the sin unto death, you will be the most miserable person in the world. “I don’t go to bedsides.” “If you have doctrine, you don’t need me; if you don’t have doctrine, you don’t need me.”

God saw David asa king, and he is called a king here.

Psalm 78:70–72 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; He brought him from tending ewes to be shepherd over His people Jacob--over Israel, His inheritance. He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands.

Sheep smell horribly. David is used to running things that smell bad. Sheep are stupid. If David can handle a flock of sheep, he can handle of flock of people. Sheep have to be fed and they are unable to take care of themselves when it comes to water. They must be led to water to drink. They cannot smell water like goats; they cannot find water when in great thirst. Sheep have no sense of direction; they wander under cactus or off cliffs. They need a shepherd to do the navigating. The shepherd wacks the sheep to get them back in line; they’re stupid and they do not know what is good for them. Although there are parallels, there is one thing that made David a great king. It also made him a great military man. He had Bible doctrine in his soul. That makes him great.

The secret is grace; the secret is Bible doctrine in the soul. David could have been anything in life and had done great, because he had great doctrine in the soul. And he could have been taken from anywhere. It was not what he was doing then; but it is what he had in his soul. There are great people without any experience and God is still preparing them. God chose these people because they are a supergrace believer.

Don’t stick your nose up in the air and say, “I’m too good to wash dishes;” etc. David was taking care of sheep. While he did this, he was taking in doctrine every day. That’s what happened to the sports team north of here. They used to be the Dallas Cowboys and now they are the Irving Sheepherders.

David used doctrine all the time. You can use doctrine in any job that you have. Isn’t being a general great? Being the president of a company great? No, not unless you are great. What is the experience for greatness? Doctrine in the soul.

It is the lowest time to be an ensign in the navy or a 2^nd lieutenant in the army; worst time to be in the coast guard. Our services are in the lowest state for years under stupid civilian control; blacks are fragging their officers. There is dissention and problems because of civilian influence and it takes time. Officers carry .45's so that, if someone runs the wrong way, you shoot them. Bob made it a point to be an expert with a .45 auto. That is very Christian and it is doctrinal.

No one is more miserable than a believer in reversionism. You life does not depend upon idiots anyway.

2Sam. 7:8 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land. Notice that God did all of this. God is able to take people from here and do whatever. When God promotes us, it is permanent. When God gives you something, it is permanent. When God provides you your rm or your rw, it is 40 years of happiness. But if it is you, it is a battle royale. Since Bob graduated from seminary, they have been getting involved in practical application. “Can you see me passing out tracks on a street corner?” Just think, I could give my glowing testimony today. It is ridiculous and stupid. Bob went to Dallas to get the languages. Even there, they think in terms of practical experience. If you get away from doctrine, the only experience you can have is reversionism. God sees souls; not overt experience.

1Sam. 16:1 The LORD said to Samuel, "How long are you going to mourn [feel sorry for yourself] for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons."

In v. 1, Samuel had his eyes on man and circumstances in v. 2. Killing means to kill Apache style, with great pain and suffering.

1Sam. 16:2 Samuel asked, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" The LORD answered, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

1Sam. 16:3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let you know what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate to you."

1Sam. 16:4 Samuel did what the LORD directed and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, "Do you come in peace?"

1Sam. 16:5 "In peace," he replied. "I've come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

Then Samuel chooses the wrong man. Jesse had to haul all of his sons in, and Eliab looked pretty good. He was very handsome. He was striking in appearance. He was a 2^nd lieutenant in the Jewish army, just back from ROTC. Eliab and the other brothers are reversionists; and they have the chance to grow spiritually, but did not. He has a sharp, vitriolic tongue.

1Sam. 16:6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, "Certainly the LORD's anointed one is here before Him."

You cannot truly respect a person unless you know their souls. They are not great because they look good, like Eliab. Most of you got off track because you are impressed by appearances. The content of your soul determines what you are really like. You learn that through conversation. The eyes are not the windows to the soul. A good gambler can fake you into the stands with his eyes. The mouth and what a person says reveals what is in the soul.

He is rejected on the basis of his soul. God does not see as we see; God looks upon the soul of the person.

It is doctrine in the soul that counts; man shall not live by turkey alone.

1Sam. 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the LORD sees, for man sees what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart."

1Sam. 16:8 Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. "The LORD hasn't chosen this one either," Samuel said.

1Sam. 16:9 Then Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, "The LORD hasn't chosen this one either."

1Sam. 16:10 After Jesse presented seven of his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse, "The LORD hasn't chosen any of these."

Jesse did not call David in because he keeps the sheep. This is the low man on the totem pole. David is a red-headed Jew.

1Sam. 16:11 Samuel asked him, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," he answered, "but right now he's tending the sheep." Samuel told Jesse, "Send for him. We won't sit down to eat until he gets here."

He had beautiful eyes. His eyes were unusually beautiful. David was handsome. God tells Samuel to anoint him, because he is the one.

1Sam. 16:12 So Jesse sent for him. He had beautiful eyes and a healthy, handsome appearance. Then the LORD said, "Anoint him, for he is the one."

1Samuel 16:13                                     72David                                              631_0002

Doctrine of the Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Age of Israel

“Someone called to find out how long the message was tonite, and I told them don’t bother to come. Someone asked if there is something new going on in Berachah, and I told them, not really. There will be no tour of T&P on Saturday.”

God told Moses, you are standing on holy ground. In this dispensation, our holy ground is the canon of Scripture.

Too bad, if you missed this morning. Too much to cover to review.

The commission in the ancient world was done by a horn of oil. This is God’s promise that some day, David would be king. God never left David in doubt of his future. David will have many tests and many chances to see the grace of God in action. David had many brothers; 8 boys total; one is in supergrace, and the rest of non-entities in reversionism. They are smart, talented and attractive, but no positive volition toward doctrine. Only one of these boys achieved greatness; they all had the same opportunity and the same background, but only one of them made it and that is David. David is about 18 years old here.

Tsalack means to descend upon; to produce prosperity. David has been a believer for a long time. He has personally received Christ as his Savior. He has been a supergrace believer and that means he’s been saved for 5 or 6 years. God Holy Spirit always resides in us. In the dispensation of Israel, the ministry of the Holy Spirit was much different then than it is now. This is because Jesus Christ had not yet come in the flesh.

1Sam. 16:13 So Samuel took the horn of oil, anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD took control of David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

1Sam. 16:13 So Samuel took the horn of oil, anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD took control of David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

David was to be the key for the whole Messianic line. The primary source of power for any Old Testament saint was the content of doctrine in the soul. Here, the Holy Spirit deserted Saul; it was removed. This was a permanent thing. Saul is officially now in reversionism.

People do not just fall suddenly into mental illness. This is a matter of volition.

David knew about God’s ability and capacity to give. David as a born again believer had so much information on the essence box, that he did not need promises; he in fact stated many of the promises in the Bible.

There are many supergrace heroes, but only One Celebrity.

The people who are going to make it are those who come to Bible class every day.

Ruwach refers not to a person or to a demon, but inward depression leading to melancholy reversionism. He was filled with self-pity; this led him to psychosis. There are 3 phases of reversionistic discipline. There is knocking; then there is intense discipline; then there is dying discipline.

1Sam. 16:14 Now the Spirit of the LORD had left [departed from] Saul, and an evil [in terms of discipline] spirit from the LORD began to torment [terrify] him,

Saul’s servants would be high-ranking people in his government

1Sam. 16:15 so Saul's servants [officials, officers] said to him, "You see that an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.

They suggest music therapy.

1Sam. 16:16 Let our lord command your servants here in your presence to look for someone who knows how to play the harp skillfully. Whenever the evil spirit from God troubles you, that person can play the harp, and you will feel better."

1Sam. 16:17 Then Saul commanded his servants, "Find me someone who plays well and bring him to me."

One of David’s officers had observed someone. David learned to play this harp when among the sheep at night. Lions, wolves, bears are hovering near the flock, and the sheep sense this, and David would play to them to calm then down.

Being a valiant man meant that David was also a great warrior; brave, tough. David had never been to war; he had just been well-trained in certain aspects of military training. He was a well-trained reservist who might be called up. He has had military training. Rangers consider it to be an insult to kill with a conventional weapon. They like being able to strangle someone, or to break one’s back, etc. David is trained to fight. This is to remind you that there is no such thing as a conscientious objector. Some of you chaps could stand to cut off your hair and enlist.

Perhaps this guy went out for special training and he heard David play. Or he was involved in training David? This one man knew a lot about David.

1Sam. 16:18 One of the young men answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is also a valiant man, a warrior, eloquent [constantly perceiving doctrine; strong for Bible doctrine], handsome, and the LORD is with him."

David was faithful in the little things. That indicates that he has great integrity. All of these things add up.

David has all of these things going for him, and yet, he is not out strutting himself. There are those out there who are real pushy. Some will hook up with a denomination; they have to get someone to sponsor them. So, who sponsored David? Jesse did not. Jesse put 7 sons through school, but he did not have anything left to spend on David.

Every time we see Jesse, he is either bribing a commander to promote Eliab, or he is sending something to the king to get covered.

Samuel weeping for Saul, a reversionist. The United States of America, for the first time, has become a horrible place. We have been infiltrate with reversionism. Everyone is kowtowing to a stupid government to get government contracts. Everyone is pushy and that is a terrible place to be. This breeds phonies and parasites.

You have so much shoe polish on your tongue, you can barely say thank you.

Bob once had 4 walls and a roach.

Worse than not having your rw is having the wrong one; those of you in single bliss, you have complete freedom.

Are you willing to go the supergrace first with your flock of sheep, and then get promoted from there?

God loved to give to David. Also to Paul. God could give to them in so many ways. Some of you are shaping up to have a horrible, miserable type of life.

David had a lot of alone time. He stayed with the sheep. He had a very clear perception of phase II. Do you know when something is from God and when something is? If you don’t know, then how can you learn? Bible doctrine gives discernment.

1Sam. 16:19 Then Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."

1Sam. 16:20 So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them by his son David to Saul.

David was being promoted by God. David has 2 other brothers who are professional soldiers. If God does not promote you, you are not promoted. The capacity to carry rank in the military comes from doctrine in the soul. The greatest soldiers are MacArthur and Patton. With this kind of moral courage, many lives depend upon your choices. These men were as different as black and white, but they both had moral courage, where they made one slip, and thousands would die. Moral courage depends upon assets of the soul. When the chips are down, it is moral courage that makes a man great. Moral courage comes through Bible doctrine in the soul.

1Sam. 16:21 When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired [loved] him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

1Sam. 16:22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse: "Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him."

Saul’s depression and mental problems would become soothed in hearing David’s music.

1Sam. 16:23 Whenever the spirit from God troubled Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would then be relieved, feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

1Samuel 16:23 17:1–7                        72David                                              631_0003

Bob gives out the score between Texas and the Aggies.

1Sam. 16:23 Whenever the spirit from God troubled Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would then be relieved, feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

The Philistines. Palestine means the land of the Philistines. Someone got all fouled up with trying to name it. Bob was never very eager to to the Palestine. Bob could seeing going to battlegrounds and tombs, but not to Palestine. Bob will take his tour in the Millennium. He hears the weather is pretty good.

1Sam. 17:1 The Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah and camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

Cambridge Ancient History has a chapter on the Greek sea peoples. If you think you can understand this series, you can’t. This is not for imbeciles. You don’t need to know where I get this stuff. Bob quotes from Cambridge Ancient History. Typical European custom for a showdown like between David and Goliath.

There is a relationship between the gods of the Philistines and the gods of Mount Olympus.

So far, we have covered Philistines. The Philistines had observed the Jews and decided that they were weak and ready to be conquered. They mobilized their armies.

They began to maneuver, and this would be  b.c.1010 David is no longer a boy. David was 24 years old when he fought the giant; not a 15 year-old brat with a sling shot. Jesus Christ had a crew cut and no one has painted that right either.

Maneuvering is what occurs here. There are the 5 cities of Philistia. The Philistines had 5 regiments, combat teams. They would have a designated spot, and they are going northeast to Judah. The commanding general, probably the tyrant of Gath; and he would send out orders and he would have 25 or so Greek runners. He would send them out. This will have the date, the equipment to carry, the rations to carry; and where they will reandevous there are probably 2.5 brigades gathered here. The Gath battalion would go first into enemy territory. There will be a point platoon, with a point squad, with a point man. The next battalion is behind them. It sounds here like a few of the boys had a few beers and decided to go have a fight.

The rendevous point is Socoh. The Gath battalion is in place. This army is not just standing around in the valley. This shows that the Philistines, as a Greek people, knew how to fight. These are professionals; they know what they are doing.

Way in the back is a quartermaster, and there is a constant stream of those hauling in supplies for the boys. This is the first Jewish army and they are all scared to death.

The main army is at Socoh. To whip the enemy, you do not show your entire army; you show a small force. Lee did this, except in Gettysburg. The Philistine army has several battalions in the back and there are several ways they can approach. The Philistine army is maneuverable and the Jews are not; they are packed in. Gastolvas Adolphus would not allow his army to rape anyone. When a general is frightened, he puts all of his troops in danger.

1Sam. 17:1 The Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah and camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

1Sam. 17:2 Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah; then they lined up in battle formation to face the Philistines.

1Sam. 17:3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them.

He is a man of the middle. This is where Bob wants to remind us about, where have you heard in the ancient world about individual combat solving things? If you read the Illyad and there were individual contests between the Trojans and . Who but the Greeks have someone who comes out and challenges anyone to a fight. Middle man means that he will stand in the middle of the valley, in an arena between the two armies. This is for fun. His name is Golyath, which means exile. He was a descendant of the Rephaim. He is related to the Zamzumims of Deut. 2:20.

He is 6 cubits and a span. A cubit is the elbow to the fingers and is about 18 inches. A span is the difference between the thumb and middle finger. 9'9" tall. He could have played basketball for U of H.

1Sam. 17:4 Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall

he has a bronze breastplate. It weights 125 lbs. he is pretty touch.

1Sam. 17:5 and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed 125 pounds.

Shin guard. All Greeks carried 2 spears, one slung over the shoulder and one in his hands. The javelon of brass is slung over his shoulder.

1Sam. 17:6 There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze sword was slung between his shoulders.

There is one walking before him.

1Sam. 17:7 His spear shaft was like a weaver's beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed 15 pounds. In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.

1Samuel 17:8–12                     Psalm 4:1–8 72David                                   631_0004

Do what you can to cut down on the noise. Get everything that is loose tied down. This is not like the astrodome behind the glass.

The challenge of individual combat is common to the Greeks. Individual combat to settle something was common to the Akkians of the Mycenaean civilization. Examples from the Trojan war. Hector and Protoclus fought and Protocolus was killed. Someone else comes out of hiding and kills Hector.

Two men fighting over Helen; the gods intervened with a lot of tricky things going on. Menolaus kills Paris, eventually.

Individual combat for the Thebian throne.

Annias and Turis fight; and Annias is supposed to be the grandfather of the Roman people. Whether or not these are true, they are still Mycenaean tales of individual combat.

Goliath is from the tribe of Zamzumim individual combat. He is standing in the Valley of Elah. He is being quite sarcastic here. Why have you advanced this far to form ranks of battle? How did you work up the nerve to do that? Some were sitting behind their tents smoking pot; others were planning to frag their officers.

The Philistines have attacked because the Jews have gone soft. Reversionism causes a nation to go soft; and the Philistines knew this. Until Jesus Christ returns to establish His Millennial reign, the greatest deterrent to warfare is to have a strong military establishment. Prior to this, their military had been quite impressive. Jonathan by himself attacked on battalion of Philistines. Saul had some great wins under his belt. The Philistines returned home to think about it. However, G2 reported that the Jews had begun to go soft, so now, the Philistines knew it was time to strike.

David was a supergrace believer. While this giant is hurling insults toward the army of Israel, David is 24 years old and a mature believer.

Goliath presents himself as a greeat warrior.

Present imperative of bara means that Israel has lost the chance to fight against the Philistines. The Jews, since choosing Saul, went downhill.

The giant stays in the valley, and this might make him look smaller than he is. As a man would come down and approach him, Goliath is going to seem larger and larger. Goliath was certain that he could kill anyone in the Israeli army. He reminds Bob of Ajax, an Akkian hero. He was a gigantic man, but stupid. The gods made Ajax crazy for awhile. He was typical of all bullies, which has that type of confidence, who relies upon muscles entirely. There was always a guy in school who was stronger than anyone else and he would become a bully. The world is filled with those who rely on their muscles. Sooner or later, that kind of person loses out. They always get their comeuppance. It is a good idea to be strong and in good physical condition, but never let your body get ahead of your soul. His own strength will be the source of his own demise.

1Sam. 17:8 He stood and shouted to the battle formations [ranks]: "Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?" He asked them, "Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants [slaves] of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

Homer’s Iliad, 9^th century b.c. has an almost identical challenge. 5^th century b.c. Greek as well. Very similar challenge. Goliath has a kink in his soul. No imagination.

1Sam. 17:9 If he wins in a fight against me and kills me, we will be your servants. But if I win against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us."

I have reproached all Israel today. The way he says, “Send me a man” indicates that he does not believe that they have one. There is no involvement in his soul here.

1Sam. 17:10 Then the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!"

We will now see the failure of the military. This challenge will go on for 40 days. Saul is a courageous soldier and he has proven himself in combat and he had a number of personal decorations from what he has done in battle.

Katath means to be a yellow-bellied coward; this was their condition for 40 days. Total self-confidence and total self-destruction is out there in the valley yelling to them. So there are many men who have distinguished themselves under David; and even they were afraid.

1Sam. 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.

Then we have the words now, David. There is a similar word which means to make love to a woman; then there is a similar word which means to caress or to have sex. “Sex-caresses” is David’s name. It means beloved. David received more things from God than any man who ever lived. A greater variety of things than any other man, from Adam to the end of time. Paul receive more doctrine than any man who ever lived. Moses received a great variety. There is one alluded to in James, a supergrace believer upon whom God could pour out money.

Whatever you might associate with glory or happiness, David had it. Military genius, success, money, women; and in any field, David had it more than anyone else in history.

1Sam. 17:12 Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons, and during Saul's reign was already an old man.

Goliath kara’s toward Israel; David kara’s toward God. He has been enlarged means supergrace blessing from God. To receive you need soul capacity. Some of you have been endowed with many different things, abilities, talent, strength, beauty; but if you don’t have a soul filled with doctrine, it doesn’t mean a thing. It is the soul that counts.

The supergrace life after the completion of the edification complex. Which begins capacity for love, capacity for life, capacity for adversity, etc.

David will show up and he is ready to go. Everyone else is having a nervous breakdown. His soul immediately recognizes the problem. It is his capacity for pressure that will make him victorious in the valley of Elah.

David will have to fight off members of the Jewish army before he can get out to the battlefield with Goliath.

Psalm 4:1 For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm. Answer me when I call, God, who vindicates me. You freed me from affliction; be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Glory belongs to those who are in Israel. God’s glory is turned into shame. The Jews there love emptiness and they seek the lie. They are constantly trying to fake through it.

Psalm 4:2 How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie? Selah

Psalm 4:3 Know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for Himself; the LORD will hear when I call to Him.

David was angry, and he walked up to the battlefield, and he was the only person who had a clue. What Goliath was doing was insulting the Living God. This is an anger that we ought to have against tyranny; against communism and socialism.

Bible doctrine is in David’s right lobe. He has doctrine in his norms and standards; he has doctrine on the launching pad. His mind thinks doctrine when he hears Goliath on the battlefield.

Don’t get into hassles with petty persons. Move on to things that are important.

Selah, stop working at it and let God carry the ball.

Psalm 4:4 Be angry and do not sin; on your bed, reflect [lit., speaks] in your heart and be still. Selah

 Here, this means to gap it daily. Batach is the faith-rest technique.

Psalm 4:5 Offer sacrifices in righteousness and trust in the LORD.

There are those in the tents of Israel saying, “Who will show us anything good?”

Psalm 4:6 Many are saying, "Who can show us anything good?" Look on us with favor, LORD.

The secret to success is putting gladness in his heart. Joy is the word for +H.

Corn is food and wine is wine. This is like milk and honey; an idiom for prosperity. Prosperity is multiplied. You keep going with gap and God multiplies it.

Psalm 4:7 You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and new wine abound.

David had a good night sleep before and after. Theh night after, he slept with the head of Goliath in his tent. The head is probably as big as his tent. Old loudmouth didn’t talk much that second night; he was quiet.

V. 8 is perfect peace. David sleeps with the celebrityship of Jesus Christ on his mind. He dwelt in safety and in prosperity. This is David before the battle.

Psalm 4:8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, LORD, make me live in safety.

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Some people are always out there looking for an angle. As long as you are doing that, you are not compatible with God’s plan. Jesse was a big fish in a small pond.

1Sam. 17:12 Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons, and during Saul's reign was already an old man.

These older brothers of David were all platoon leaders. David had his head screwed on right for a long time. Now he is a supergrace believer, and he has had it all straight for a long time.

1Sam. 17:13 Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,

1Sam. 17:14 and David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

David returned home from his assignment. His father probably did not approve of it, but David’s gig in the palace was not what he wanted.

1Sam. 17:15 but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock in Bethlehem.

The supergrace believer never lacks anything. David had great capacity. When the shepherd says, I cannot lack. This is the testimony of a supergrace believer.

Psalm 23:1 A Davidic psalm. The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack [I cannot lack].

David is back with the sheep. The court cannot provide the things which he lacks. So, David returns to the place where God was prospering him.

Psalm 23:2 He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Where David was, he had great spiritual blessing, something which he lacked with Saul.

David knew that, in the palace, that this was not a path of righteousness.

Psalm 23:3 He renews [restores] my life; He leads me along the right paths for His name's sake.

Death was not a reality to David; the Lord was. David was not afraid of Goliath or of a bear or of anything. He does not depend upon anything except Who and What the Lord is. A coward dies many times; a brave man but once.

Some people are not afraid of evil because they are twice as evil. They have mouths filled with evil. Evil people are not afraid of evil. Everyone is afraid of something; something more evil than they are.

If you have to leave before this series is over, T&P will send you the whole series. Bob figures to be done to 1Sam. 18 by a week.

The rod and staff are discipline and that is comfort. The hell they are. I just may say “Hell” again. David had a rod and a staff; he had 2 kinds of weapons and it was a comfort for him to carry them.

The comfort comes from Bible doctrine in the soul. When the believer has Bible doctrine in the soul, that is a weapon which he can use. David was not a yellow-bellied coward like the rest of Israel. David took comfort in his weapons.

In war, use your weapons. If your soul is filled with doctrine, then you kill the enemy. Stack them up high. Bob hopes to kill a commie or two before he dies. “You don’t like that and that’s Christianity. You don’t know anything about Christianity.”

the staff gets the sheep out of trouble.

Psalm 23:4 Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff--they comfort me.

Anointing Davi’d head with oil gives him purpose in life. When David walks into the valley of death, he is confident.

David is 24 and his cup is already running over. He will have the greatest cup that anyone has had under any circumstance.

David doesn’t even have a cup to drink out of....well, we almost slipped.

Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

What always happens to the supergrace believer; divine good and grace pursue David.

David was pursued by grace all the days of his life.

He would dwell in blessing all the days of his life. This is phase III. This is not waiting for phase III happiness and blessing.

With this background, do you see why David is going to charge into battle? David will carry K rations and C rations to his 3 lieutenant brothers. The family provided the rations.

Psalm 23:6 Only divine good and grace will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD as long as I live.

David charged Goliath.

This begins the normal combat day.

The Philistine moves closer each day. He did this consistently. He took a stand for 40 days. He issued this challenge for 40 days.

1Sam. 17:16 Every morning and evening for 40 days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.

Jesse thinks nothing of having David act as an errand boy. Jesse brown-noses the commander, Saul.

1Sam. 17:17 One day, Jesse had told his son David, "Take this half-bushel of roasted grain along with these loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

Get assurances that they are well. The human viewpoint comes out with the 10 cheeses.

1Sam. 17:18 Also, take these 10 portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.

Lachem means maneuvering to fight. They are learning to fall back and to regroup.

1Sam. 17:19 They are with Saul and all the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah fighting [maneuvering from the Philistines] with the Philistines."

David rises up early. He left the sheep with a keeper. David shows great responsibility.

1Sam. 17:20 So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.

Israel and the Philistines a formed up to do battle.

1Sam. 17:21 Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.

There is a quartermaster and David left his provisions for his brothers with him.

1Sam. 17:22 David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were.

David was talking with his brothers. On D+40, Goliath does something different. Every single day, he walked down to the valley and yelled at the troops. So, all buy himself, this time, he walks up closer to the troops. So, this time, he walked down the hill and then up the hill. Goliath by name. He shouted the same words that he had been shouting before.

This time, David hears with this Philistine has to say, and he listens very carefully.

1Sam. 17:23 While he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistine battle line and shouted his usual words, which David heard.

1Sam. 17:24 When all the Israelite men saw Goliath, they retreated from him terrified.

1Sam. 17:25 Previously, an Israelite man had declared, "Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the household of that man's father exempt from paying taxes in Israel."

So, David now asks round, as to what will happen for the one who kills Goliath. David could smell the stench of the people of Israel and the reproach; the dishonor. “Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine.” No one had heard anything like that for 40 days. In the Hebrew, that is spitting out some pretty serious words.

David looks at this guy and he does not see a monster; he sees a man standing against the armies of the Living God.

1Sam. 17:26 David spoke to the men who were standing with him: "What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy [bring dishonor to] the armies of the living God?"

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This passage states the attitude of the supergrace believer. There is no gap in his doctrinal concepts. David states several things.

1.       David states the certainty of killing Goliath.

2.       That this giant could insult the military for 40 days, this is a great disgrace, because this is the army of the Living God, Jesus Christ is their commander-in-chief. David considers this 40 day elapse as dishonor to all of Israel and to Jesus Christ.

1Sam. 17:26 David spoke to the men [Then David kept speaking to the soldiers] who were standing with him: "What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy [bring dishonor to] the armies of the living God?"

Don’t be jealous of other people. Pettiness is a sign of weakness; you are a weak, unstable person. You are either in emotional revolt or you are an emotional cripple.

Evil ones are those who appear to be prosperous in some way. To envy these people is a sign of pettiness and weakness of character.

Prov. 24:1 Don't envy evil men or desire to be with them,

their right lobe lacks doctrine; so they study destruction; they study to be reversionists; they work at it. Their lips are involve in verbal sins.

Prov. 24:2 for their hearts plan violence, and their words stir up trouble.

The daily function of gap is wisdom; the house is the edification complex of the soul. While the believer is growing spiritually, he is preparing himself for life. David was building a house in his soul; the edification complex.

Prov. 24:3 A house is built by wisdom, and it is established by understanding;

Knowledge is gaping it to the edification complex. Once the chambers are filled, the edification complex is completed, and the believer is in supergrace.

Prov. 24:4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

David was increasing in strength.

Prov. 24:5 A wise warrior is better than a strong one, and a man of knowledge than one of strength;

It is not a committee that is great. All cowards in the state department. MacArthur had the chinks on the run and he could have dusted their tail. Had he been able to chase down the Chinese, they would not be supplying Vietnam today. That was the turning of the time; that is when the Chicoms knew they were safe. Our military would have cleaned up the Chicoms all the way to Peking. “We might have been caught up in a war.” “Hell, we were in a war.” We could have crossed over the Yalu River and cleaned up on half of the Chinese army. Hanoi ought to be a hole in the ground now.

Fortifications are made for cowards. Aggressive action; what if you do clear out a village of civilians; they have been trained to lay mines. The communists trains children and women to kill the American. Cowardly civilian leadership neutralized the military. We are a reversionistic nation with reversionistic leadership. The civilians try to run the military, and they too often take the blow. Sometime, a supergrace believer has to walk into a filthy scummy situation and turn things around. This is the worst period in our history of our military. This is the greatest time for supergrace believers to step into the military.

Prov. 24:6 for you should wage war with sound guidance--victory comes with many counselors [in the greatness of the generals is victory; greatness of the one who commands].

1Sam. 17:26 David spoke to the men who were standing with him: "What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

Saul had been manufacturing rewards in order to get someone. If you cannot get the people to fight for a principle, then dangle some bait in front of them. The rewards kept going higher until the 40^th day. Saul kept raising the bounty to be given. When you represent your country in battle, you should be the greatest killer in your outfit. You never take prisoners unless you have to. They are just a nuisance. That’s the way to fight a war, ladies. This is why you do not suffer the mass rape as the Russians did in Germany, from age 4 to 80. Some of you Christian females who are feather-brained ought to get some doctrine. Who wants their children to be killed? Freedom is paid for by the finest young men in the war. Bruce Davis, who died in Korea, is a prince of a man. If any of you are dumb enough to see Jesus Christ Superstar; everyone in that thing ought to be drafted for life. Jesus freaks have nothing to do with Jesus Christ, our Savior; they are just yellow freaks. Someday, we will be in another big shooting war and this time, it will come to us. Because we have had such cowardly presidents. Some of you will have the chance to kill communists, so remember to rebound so that you do a good job.

The Bible talks about killing. Never in the history of the United States have so many people hated us. Some of the pettiest nations in the world have plans to conquer the United States. There are over 50 nations who have plans on getting in on the act if someone else conquers the United States. The time has come to recognize that the only good communist is a dead communist. The war is coming to this country next time. Only the grace of God will stop this.

1Sam. 17:27 The people told him about the offer, concluding, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

As soon as someone takes a hard-nosed stand against the enemy, there is always this petty nobody who tries to shut this down. David has to demonstrate the superiority of supergrace to any attitude of cowardice and mental attitude sins.

What Eliab says indicates what he was thinking. Eliab listened in on this entire conversation. He recognizes the courage of his brother. He recognizes that David was about to accept this challenge, and he could not stand his kid-brother to be successful. Eliab attacks with sarcasm; that is the sign of mental attitude sins which have rotted the soul of this eldest brother. He should be ahead of David spiritually, but he is not.

One mental attitude sins always leads to another. Eliab’s anger is developed. He nurses this anger for quite awhile. Jealousy always finds an excuse to get angry. People who are jealous have a tendency to become very angry. Judah is higher than where this battle is, so David came down in elevation to Eliab.

More sarcasm. You have a platoon of sheep; I have a platoon of soldiers.

David, as an aid-de-camp, he had already received a higher rank than his brother. David was grace orientated. He was a captain while his brother was a 2^nd lieutenant. David walked away from his rank.

“I know your deformity.” There is something wrong with him and Eliab just doesn’t want to say because he is his younger brother. “You’re just a kid; you came down to watch a battle.” His older brother rags on David for expressing divine viewpoint. If anyone was just there to watch, it was Eliab. For what reason did you come down?

The Song of Solomon shows how Solomon missed his rw because of his own soul-defect.

1Sam. 17:28 David's oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and became angry with him. "Why did you come down here?" he asked. "Who did you leave [abandon] those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart--you came down to see the battle!"

What will David do about this? “Is there not a word?” David does not get down in the lower levels with his brother. He does not go to insulting Eliab.

1Sam. 17:29 "What have I done now?" protested David. "It was just a question [Is this not a doctrinal issue?]."

It takes a great man to walk away from this. No doubt, David wanted to punch Eliab.

1Sam. 17:30 Then he turned from those beside him to others in front of him and asked about the offer. The people gave him the same answer as before.

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Bob is not going to bring anyone up to date. 1Sam. 18 is the destination of this conference.

The Niphal stem here is passive and reflexive. There are a lot of people around listening. No one had much to say by day 40. The fact was, no one had the nerve to go out and take out the giant. David is the only person who has anything to say. The news that someone is willing to fight the giant is taken to Saul.

1Sam. 17:31 What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, so he had David brought to him.

David talks about his heart, and says, do not let anyone’s heart fall. This spiritual condition has made casualties of the entire Israeli army. David’s brother was quick to malign him and quick to judge; and he is not the man for the crisis.

The second attack will be another test; the attack of human viewpoint.

1Sam. 17:32 David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone be discouraged by him; your servant will go and fight this Philistine!"

Saul tells David that he does not have the ability now or in the future. Saul has completely surrendered at this point. He does not see David as being able to save him. David was 30 when he became king. At this time, David is 24 years old. Bob figured this out. A fallacy of this world is to think that you need experience to do this or that job. God uses supergrace believers; it does not matter if they are prepared or not.

David will receive a greater variety of things from God than any other man who has lived.

Supergrace is the person who first takes Bible doctrine into the soul. It is taken in to the left lobe, and then there is faith placed in the word, transferring it over to the right lobe. It is cycled into the human spirit by faith, and then it is cycled to the right lobe.

Then there is the construction of the edification complex of the soul. God always is looking for believers who can receive from Him the details of life. When he finds a believer with whom He can entrust success, a million or a billion dollars, God is looking for men and women today. There are so few who catch on.

God’s timing was perfect; Saul’s timing, to make David his aide-de-camp was bad timing. David must have the king’s permission to fight. He cannot just go out there.

1Sam. 17:33 But Saul replied, "You can't go fight this Philistine. You're just a youth, and he's been a warrior since he was young."

Now, David has to toot his own horn, in order for Saul to let him go out and fight Goliath.

There were quite a few lions at that time. They dressed out at 500 lbs and they could run the 100 yard dash in 5 seconds. A shepherd boy facing a lion is a rare event. David had a short club, a sling, a shepherd’s knife, and a shepherd’s hook.

The example of a person who hunts with a magazine rifle. You might get off the first shot and hurt the lion, but if he is still alive, it will be on you before you can eject the cartridge and shoot a second time. Lion’s have great strength. They can pick up a full grown calf with their mouth. A normal Jewish man would have sat on a rock and been happy that the lion did not come and take him as well.

David was a man who recognized the Celebrityship of Jesus Christ. It never occurred to him to be frightened or upset. To be alone is wonderful, but to be alone with sheep is horrible.

David goes after the lion.

1Sam. 17:34 David answered Saul, "Your servant has been tending his father's sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

David grabs lion’s main. Bob hates to see people with long hair and hair on the face. He warns that someone could grab your beard, lift up your head, and cut your throat.

Bob can tell that many people in this conference came unawares. Some have mutton chops and sideburns and this is an advertisement that you are a loser.

This is a male lion, and David entered into combat with the lion. David is already majoring in miraculous feats with Bible doctrine in the soul. A few of you might go after a lion if pretty girls chanted, “Go, David, go.”

There is no attention getter like killing a lion with your bare hands and bringing him back into town to show it off. David does not do this. He does not carry the carcass of the lion into Jerusalem. This is the first time that he mentions this incident.

Few people can actually say this.

1Sam. 17:35 I went after it, struck it down, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

Bears are quite vicious, and they can outrun a person, and they can slice you open with their claws.

David could have said a lot of things; but, instead, he went after the bear and he killed the bear. Nakah means to kill in combat.

He killed both of them. Some may have thought that David is too proud here.

1Sam. 17:36 Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God."

David uses his feet to advance on the lion and the bear. He used his moxie in fighting both of them. He was caused to be delivered. Is this not a doctrinal issue? He has no concern about the strength of Goliath.

What Saul says is a typical reversionism. “Go and the Lord be with you.” He gives the command to allow David to go, and then he throws in a Fundies phrase. Doctrine in David’s soul will do the job. Fundy phrases cover the thin veneer.

The battle of Cnaai was won 15 years before? Hannibal’s father toughened him up to walk in the school and to toughen up his mind. He was prepared to win some of the most decisive victories in military history. Spartans drilled and learned tactics. They won that battle in miltary training before they marched to Thermopoly and stopped the Persians flat.

Some very dumb officers in WWII, but the kids were great; they were depression kids. They came up the hard way and WWII was won by the depression of the 1930's. They were filled with common sense and they like good music. They frowned on the use of drugs. You cannot take hippies and turn them into military types. The Romans learned this. Rome learned all of their wars long before they went to war. Universal military training was the order of the day. All the early Romans did exactly that.

1Sam. 17:37 Then David said, "The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."

David has another test to face. Saul causes David to put on his armor. Saul thought that David might win, so he wanted his armor on David. Saul reasoned that he could take the credit because David was wearing his armor. This is a spiritual victory. It is an attack of worldliness because the armor represents a discounting of the spiritual victory.

1Sam. 17:38 Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David's head and had him put on armor.

David gets into this armor and he tries it out. David refuses to go with all of this armor. He had not tested it.

1Sam. 17:39 David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. "I can't walk in these," David said to Saul, "I'm not used to them." So David took them off.

The weapons of supergrace. David will use a club and 5 smooth stones. Goliath is covered with all kinds of armor and a 17 lbs head for his sword.

David removes all of the armor of Saul, and he picks up the stick as well. His favorite weapon is a sling. These stones will have true trajectory. 2 leather thongs, a stick, and you pinch the stone tightly in the leathen, then you stretch your hands behind your head, and you advance, and when you get in range, you begin to swing your arm in large swings. Another point is, why 5 stones. There were 5 giants, which David probably is able to see.

The roster of giants. Goliath, his brother in 17:19 21:16, 18, maybe a son of Goliath is the next 21:20-22. A script is the ammunition pouch. He streadily approaches. He keeps on closing in. He moves in to the target area.

1Sam. 17:40 Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd's bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

Goliath will have a few last words, and there will be a short debate with Goliath at the end as well.

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This will be amplified upon later on in our study. This gives us something to study in anticipation.

When the Philistine realizes that he will fight David, he begins to close in. David has not fought a man one-on-one or as part of a military unit. This is the first time for this giant that anyone was not afraid of him.

Goliath died and went to hell. He heard human viewpoint all of his life, but, at the end of his life is, he heard some divine viewpoint.

Halak and yalak similarities and differences has been the source of great discussion between about 10 people. Halak involves the legs?

1Sam. 17:41 The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.

The bronze helmet that Goliath wears gives him limited vision. It is a heavy helmet. He moves his head about in order to scan the area, and he is quite shocked. It takes him awhile to move his head around because of the weight of the equipment that he carried. When Goliath sees David, human viewpoint rules the day.

All Achaian Greeks carried 2 javalans; one carried in their hand and one slung over the shoulder.

Goliath should have been alert to the fact that David comes out there with no observable weapons, and he should have realized that this young man was potentially very dangerous.

Bazar is the verb. One thing about Goliath; he lacked imagination on down to the last minute. It is the individual with no imagination who is inferior. Or, he wants Uncle Sugar to feed him; that Uncle Sugar owes him a living.

Those who demand to be called Blacks, when they ought to be called Americans and taught what it is all about.

Goliath probably had memorized most of the patches and rank; and he should have become alert when David walked onto the battlefield. Many people, because they lack imagination, walk into danger that they would have otherwise avoided. In your own self-analysis, that you lack imagination, that it might be worth is for you to develop some. Goliath had a very poor functioning soul. He was a human being, and now he is suffering in torments. He will be in the Lake of Fire forever. By that time, imagination will be useless. Goliath was a bully and he always pushed others around and people cultivated his friendship so that they would not be hurt by him. The problem was, he never knew what life was all about. He will have a very clear and lucid picture of what hell is all about.

D+40 is the day that he will die, with the same opportunity to believe in Jesus Christ as anyone else.

David was ruddy, admoni, which means readheaded. He was a natural redhead. He was redhaired and fair. This means very handsome.

It never occurred to Goliath that a pretty boy could be tough. Scars simply mean that you were unable to get away without a scar.

1Sam. 17:42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised [disdained] him because he was just a youth, healthy [redheaded] and handsome.

Goliath did not try to be funny. It just turns out that way. In David’s view, Goliath is a dog. In David’s view, he is. Such people are very serious about themselves and about everyone else.

Bob would look at the analogies between Goliath and a dog if he was writing commentary on this. David is approaching him, and the giant notices the shepherd’s staff. People and dogs were not very friendly toward one another at that time. Bob recalls one person who left because he told her thrice that dogs would not be in heaven.

The Philistine cursed, and this word can mean 4 different things. Chalel; it means to be light, swift; to lightly esteem; to despise; to be shaken, to be moved; to remove a burden. The pilel stem means to revile, to vilify, to curse. He is a blasphemer. It never occurred to Goliath that cursing God would be a bad idea. It never occurs to him that anyone is greater than he is.

This man was merely a farce. He was ridiculous. Stupid. No capacity for life. What a tragedy that he is so lacking in imagination. It never occurred to him that anyone could dislike him. He is a great asset to the military victories of the Philistines.

He was probably pretty much of a pest. “Do you have a Goliath soul?” He has no imagination. This is not just dreaming up something; this is the orient to life to anticipate things which might occur. There are women with a Goliath soul; it never occurs to them that others may have opinions of them very different from what she thinks.

Goliath had his share of women; he had his share of successes.

Goliath had a psueo character. He was considered a great warrior, but he was uncontrollable. He never got away from the fact that he was stronger than everyone else. He would frag his officers if he did not realize what they were doing.

Even you even suspect that you have a Goliath complex, then you start gapping it daily to be rid of this complex.

1Sam. 17:43 He said to David, "Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?" Then he cursed David by his Elohim.

People with imagination can here the threats of this Philistine and are intimidated when he makes these remakrs. When you find someone who is not intimidated by you, you need to give that person a wide berth.

Notice Goliath’s brilliance here. Goliath keeps telling David to keep advancing. This man was just a big, overgrown, smart ass.

The most distinctive thing that Goliath ever did was dying in combat with David. Apart from that, he would have faded into obscurity. His falling before David is Goliath’s only historic claim to fame. All Goliath has been doing since 1010 b.c. is suffering in torments all these years.

Goliath, like everyone else, has free will. He had a choice. He could have accepted Jesus Christ. How many times have you felt sorry for some hapless female who deals with everything that goes wrong.

As a saved reversionist, God will make your death so miserable, that you will realize just how much you missed the boat. Everyone must face the facts that we need doctrine daily. If you have a Goliath complex, God will see to it that you have a miserable death. Once you die, you are absent from the body, but face to face with the Lord.

Here are Goliath’s final words; he seems to have gone through life without needing much of a soul. Always going through life without settling an argument except with his fists.

1Sam. 17:44 "Come here," the Philistine called to David, "and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!"

Now we go to David. Here we go to someone with a supergrace soul. He will be the greatest king that man has known, and a great warrior; a great captain. He also has the spiritual gift of prophecy. David gives Goliath a Bible class lesson before he dies.

David gives this Philistine the proper view of things. He notes all of Goliath’s weapons. But David comes in the name of the Lord of the armies. David is occupied with the person of Jesus Christ. This further amplifies the role of the Lord Jesus Christ.

As a supergrace hero, David understands the issue. The battle is between the Lord and Goliath; Goliath does not know this; it does not occur to him. Goliath will die with his muscles in perfect condition.

1Sam. 17:45 David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with a dagger, spear, and sword, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel's armies--you have defied Him.

David recognizes that this day is the day Goliath has defied God. Every day is Christmas and every day is Thanksgiving. David does not take any credit to himself. He recognizes that the Lord is taking care of all of this.

David has this all straight in his soul. He understands the issues. David is not unusually strong; but he is strong. David says it very simply and very dogmatically. “I will cause you to die violently.”

David warns Goliath that he will take his head, which he will do and he will keep this head for a few days. The bodies of the Philistines will be food for the bird and for hyenas. This is so that all will continue to know that there is a God in Israel.

The supergrace believer always sees the crisis from divine viewpoint. Behind him is an army of cowards. They have been maneuvering; falling back and regrouping. They need to understand that God is the One delivering Israel. This is a grace victory.

God is always giving something to supergrace types.

1Sam. 17:46 Today, the LORD will hand you over to me. Today, I'll strike you down [will cause you to die violently], cut your head off, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,

1Sam. 17:47 and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the LORD saves, for the battle is the LORD's. He will hand you over to us."

1Samuel 17:48-51 Psalm 33              72David                                              631_0009

This Philistine is armed and he has begun to advance. David moved forward, running swiftly, and he is loading the sling as he runs. Goliath is accustomed to the guy running the other way, and then he throws a javelin before he gets out of range. It has been probably a long time since anyone moved in on Goliath.

1Sam. 17:48 When the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly to the battle line to meet the Philistine.

You ladies who shudder when a bug lands on your white gloves. This is the kind of thing which keeps you safe, so you can go from tea party to tea party. In his soul, David knows the importance of the death of his enemy. He reaches into his sack and seizes with great purpose. You ladies don’t write to your congressmen because your son is not getting a glass of warm milk each night when in training. Training helps to overcome the great pressure that we face.

When David says, the battle is the Lord’s, he is talking about real combat—life and death.

If you are a little nervous, a sling shot is not your weapon. This requires great concentration and steel nerve. David had imagination. He knows what could happen here. This is the first time that David has ever killed a man. He has killed a lion and a bear; but this is the first time that he faces the issue of killing a man. David writes 2 psalms about this.

The giant is out, but he is not dead. David comes to an immediate decision based upon what happens here. The stone penetrated his forehead.

With a quick counter punch, Bob knew that some men were out. They fell forward.

1Sam. 17:49 David put [decisively thrust] his hand in the bag [ammo pouch], took out a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

A simple statement here. Qal imperfect of chazaq.

David won this battle via this sling, a weapon he learned how to use from his youth.

1Sam. 17:50 David defeated [established himself as superior to] the Philistine with a sling and a stone. Even though David had no sword, he struck down the Philistine and killed [caused the Philistine to die] him.

David is one of the greatest believers that ever lived. He was supergrace hero. His soul was loaded with Bible doctrine.

Goliath’s sword is sticking up in a way that David can grab it. He pulls it out of the sheath and decapitates Goliath with it. The Philistines must have been utterly stunned.

1Sam. 17:51 David ran [swiftly] and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine's sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran.

David, who uses this decapitation, is fighting for his country; and there is nothing in the Bible which disparages a soldier from fighting for his country. Until the Millennium, killing the enemy in battle is the order of the day.

A psalm of national deliverance. The Philistines have suddenly discovered that Goliath bleeds like anyone else. The ones shouting are Jewish soldiers.

David is the only supergrace believer. Bob calls him the righteous one here.

Psalm 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones; praise from the upright is beautiful.

David probably praised God in his tent while looking into the blank stare of Goliath’s eyes. David could sing the benefits of grace in his tent that night.

Psalm 33:2 Praise the LORD with the lyre; make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.

Why can David sit in his tent with a monster head?

Psalm 33:3 Sing a new song to Him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

David can do this because the Word of the Lord is right; straight. Bible doctrine kept David thinking straight. At the crisis moment, David stepped forward at D+40 and saved the day. The battle is the Lord’s.

Psalm 33:4 For the word of the LORD is right, and all His work is trustworthy.

God keeps on loving righteousness. David has a +R that God loves. Justice is only for one who has the soul capacity for it.

Psalm 33:5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the LORD's unfailing love.

David uses the heavens as an illustration.

Psalm 33:6 The heavens were made by the word of the LORD, and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

Everything is orderly and organized.

Psalm 33:7 He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Fear/respect are the same word in the Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew.

Psalm 33:8 Let the whole earth tremble before [respect] the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him [operate in the sphere of grace].

God decreed and it was. He commanded it and it came into existence.

Psalm 33:9 For He spoke, and it came into being; He commanded, and it came into existence.

God controls history some of us are in serious trouble. The specter of communism was greatly enlarged by FDR and others. There are a lot of cowards now. There is a grain ship in the port of Houston heading out to feed our enemies. Apart from God’s grace, there is little hope for our survival.

Where is supergrace today? God causes to frustrate the plans of the heathen nations. David does not sit in his tent and say, “I did it;” it is God Who did it. David was alone before God in his tent.

God blocks the plans of the people. Those students of Louisiana who got up in the face of their governor, God will thwart their plans; God blocks them.

God is looking for some believer to bless. He wants a believer to give a billion dollars to. Capacity for happiness and capacity for life etc. will allow God to give. God has an unlimited amount of blessing to give to us. God is looking for supergrace heroes and they are just not around. There is no problem with God to do this.

David will be made into a major general. God causes their plans to be hindered.

Psalm 33:10 The LORD frustrates the counsel of the nations; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Notice how long God’s plan will be in existence. The same word used to jump on Goliath is used here. God’s plan stands forever. It is wonderful to be in God’s plan, even if you are a reversionist. Spiritual growth means you will not have to wait for a long time to be blessed by God. However, God looks down and sees a lot of cock-eyed reversionists.

Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.

Here are the Jews for 40 days, scared to death; and happinesses are poured upon them because of the supergrace believer David. The laws of divine establishment all contribute to the prosperity of a nation. As goes the believers, so goes the nation.

Psalm 33:12 Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD--the people He has chosen to be His own possession!

God is caused to observe from heaven. He observes all the sons of man.

Psalm 33:13 The LORD looks down from heaven; He observes everyone.

From His headquarters, he gazes upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Psalm 33:14 He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from His dwelling place.

God sculpts or molds the hearts. He fashions their hearts alike.

Psalm 33:15 He alone crafts their hearts; He considers [discerns] all their works.

No king is saved by a large army. This is pretty clear by Saul and his army. The army did not bail out Saul; a supergrace believer did it. An army cannot compensate for the stupidity of a national leader. Only God can deliver from the colossal blunders of FDR and Truman. The only 2 people who had any sense, MacArthur and Patton. It is because of MacArthur said no, there are no communist bases in Japan.

Today, all we have are a bunch of long-haired hippies and you do not fight wars with the kind of soldier.

The mighty man is not deliver by his great strength; Goliath was no delivered by his great strength. Our deliverance is the Lord.

Psalm 33:16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

Psalm 33:17 The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.

We need to trust under pressure.

Psalm 33:18 Now the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him--those who depend on His faithful love

our souls are snatched from danger. We are kept alive in famine.

Psalm 33:19 to deliver them from death and to keep them alive in famine.

David anticipates what he will get. David was blessed by great promotion; and he was the great military man of his time. He was the greatest ruler. He was a supergrace hero most of the time. David had so much wealth left over, that Solomon had all kinds of wealth, and became the riches man in the world.

God gave to David as He was unable to give to anyone else. David was a man after God’s Own heart. God gave a greater variety of things to David. God gave certain things to Moses; and He gave doctrine to Paul; but David had things like we cannot imagine.

David sat alone in his tent and sang, and there is this head with him.

The shield of David is God.

Psalm 33:20 We wait for the LORD; He is our help and shield.

We already studied the soul of Goliath. David had doctrine on the launching pad.

Psalm 33:21 For our hearts rejoice in Him, because we trust in His holy name.

Psalm 33:22 May Your faithful love rest on us, LORD, for we put our hope in You. Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed.

We now come to v. 52 and one supergrace hero turns everything around. All of the cowards jump on the bandwagon.

1Samuel 17:52 Psalm 84                   72David                                              631_0010

The influence of a supergrace hero; the bandwagon theme. The dam is broken and now they are pursuing the Philistines. It is always blockers who make the difference in football. These Philistines are motivated to fight because of their anger. They were all convinced that they were cowards and could not accept the challenge of Goliath. However, seeing David kill Goliath, with what he says, that gives them extra power and ability.

You never defeat the enemy by running away from him. Anyone can shoot someone who is running away. The Philistines are on the run, so it is easy to chase them and kill them.

Many of the Philistines were mortally wounded as they attempted to escape.

1Sam. 17:52 The men of Israel and Judah rallied, shouting their battle cry, and chased the Philistines to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. Philistine bodies were strewn all along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

The Jewish believers changed overnight; in a moment. It was all because of supergrace believer David. He is a supergrace hero.

1Sam. 17:53 When the Israelites returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

David vigorously seizes the head of Goliath.

The city of Jerusalem is a series of hills. The Jebusites hold the hill there. The Jews and the Jebusites both held it together. The Jews have lived there since the days of Joshua, but could never take that hillside fortress. Joshua 15:63 Judges 1:8 2Sam. 5:6, 8 1Chron. 11:4–6 Jebusites and Jews lives there simultaneously. .

1Sam. 17:54 David took Goliath's head and brought [he was caused to bring] it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath's weapons in his own tent.

Someone thought a portion of this was an insertion. And therefore, rejected all of it. There is no corruption of the text; Saul knows David. He wants to know who his parents are; he wants to know about his lineage.

Jesse was always playing the angles. He was always looking for an opportunity. He expected to get something going on here.

You may have been born a bastard; your family tree may be a stump and you may be highly discouraged; but you are a product of grace. God is your Father. What is your power? The Holy Spirit. What is your food? Bible doctrine. Give me some.

Bob told about his family tree by his grandmother; and she then said, “Every tub must stand on its own bottom.”

the Chinese worshiped their ancestors and people said communism would never conquer them; but it did. Where do you think your family will carry you? “Don’t tell me you have 3 Thanksgivings without some kind of a brawl.” When you become an adult, then the family is no longer able to help you.

There are some girls in the congregation who need the hide of their gluteus maximus beat off.

Saul will have a few words with his chief of staff. Abner is the uncle of Saul. He will later be killed in a vendetta thing by Joab.

1Sam. 17:55 When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, "Whose son is this youth, Abner?" "My king, as surely as you live, I don't know," Abner replied.

Saul is finding out about David’s lineage; not who he actually is.

1Sam. 17:56 The king said, "Find out whose son this young man is!"

David comes in with the head of Goliath.

1Sam. 17:57 When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head still in his hand.