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17\xa0And Jesse said to David his son, \u201cTake for your brothers an ephah\xa0of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers.\xa018\xa0Also, take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand.\xa0See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.\u201d 19\xa0Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.\xa020\xa0And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to\xa0the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry. 21\xa0And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.22\xa0And David left the\xa0things in charge of the keeper of the\xa0baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers.\xa023\xa0As he talked with them, behold,\xa0the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke\xa0the same words as before. And David heard him. 24\xa0All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid.\xa025\xa0And the men of Israel said, \u201cHave you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to\xa0defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches\xa0and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.\u201d\xa026\xa0And David said to the men who stood by him, \u201cWhat shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away\xa0the reproach from Israel? For who is this\xa0uncircumcised Philistine, that he should\xa0defy the armies of\xa0the living God?\u201d\xa027\xa0And the people answered him in the same way,\xa0\u201cSo shall it be done to the man who kills him.\u201d 28\xa0Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, \u201cWhy have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.\u201d29\xa0And David said, \u201cWhat have I done now? Was it not but a word?\u201d\xa030\xa0And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke\xa0in the same way, and the people answered him again as before. 31\xa0When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.\xa032\xa0And David said to Saul,\xa0\u201cLet no man's heart fail because of him.\xa0Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.\u201d\xa033\xa0And Saul said to David, \u201cYou are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.\u201d\xa0 34\xa0But David said to Saul, \u201cYour servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock,\xa035\xa0I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.\xa036\xa0Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them,\xa0for he has defied the armies of the living God.\u201d\xa037\xa0And David said,\xa0\u201cThe\xa0Lord\xa0who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.\u201d And Saul said to David, \u201cGo,\xa0and the\xa0Lord\xa0be with you!\u201d 38\xa0Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail,\xa039\xa0and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, \u201cI cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.\u201d So David put them off. 40\xa0Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd's pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine. 41\xa0And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David,\xa0with his shield-bearer in front of him.\xa042\xa0And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth,\xa0ruddy and handsome in appearance.\xa043\xa0And the Philistine said to David, \u201cAm I\xa0a dog, that you come to me with sticks?\u201d And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.\xa044\xa0The Philistine said to David, \u201cCome to me, and I will give your flesh\xa0to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.\u201d\xa045\xa0Then David said to the Philistine, \u201cYou come to me with a sword and with a spear and with\xa0a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the\xa0Lord\xa0of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,\xa0whom you have defied.\xa046\xa0This day the\xa0Lord\xa0will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head.\xa0And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day\xa0to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth,\xa0that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,\xa047\xa0and that all this assembly may know that\xa0the\xa0Lord\xa0saves not with sword and spear.\xa0For the battle is the\xa0Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.\u201d 1 Samuel 17:17-47 (ESV)\xa0

For\xa0who is God, but the\xa0Lord? And who is\xa0a rock, except our God?32\xa0The God who\xa0equipped me with strength and made my way\xa0blameless.33\xa0He made my feet like the feet of a\xa0deer\xa0and set me secure on\xa0the heights.34\xa0He\xa0trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35\xa0You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand\xa0supported me,\xa0and your\xa0gentleness made me great.36\xa0You\xa0gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. Psalm 18:31-36 (ESV)

1. The Nature of God
2. His Cooperation with God
3. The Safety of God

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