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Live Like a King in Victory

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Live Like a King in Victory

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David's battle against Goliath serves as a powerful example of faith and victory. The story illustrates the importance of persistence, progression, and power in overcoming giant-sized problems. David's sanctified spirit-filled state, his trust in the power of the name of Jesus, and his motive of glorifying God are key factors in his success. This victorious example can be applied to everyday life, encouraging believers to stand strong against the vicious enemy of Satan and to live a life of faith and victory.

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Adrian Rogers was a motivator, an encourager, and a leader of the faith. He was also passionate about presenting scriptural application to everyday life circumstances. And you'll hear that in today's message.

Now, let's join Adrian Rogers. I want you to find 1 Samuel chapter 17, please. First Samuel chapter 17. We all have some giant-size problems, some king-size problems.

some ugly and some cruel giants. that have threatened us. and threaten our loved ones. Goliath-like problems. and many people who are listening to me tonight.

are living lives of quiet desperation. because of some problem in their life. Giants of Temptation. Giants of Fear. Giants of jealousy.

giants of covetousness. discouragement Heartbreak. Financial reverse. Problems. Real problems, that's what we're talking about.

God's plan for his people is victory always. And in every circumstance. Thanks be unto God, who causes us always to triumph. In Christ Jesus. And in all these things, we are more than conquerors, super conquerors.

Through him that loved us. And so, dear friend, just as David defeated Goliath so long ago, you should have, can have, bless God, will have, Wonderful, wonderful victory.

Now let's begin reading chapter 17, verse 3. And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side. And Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, and there was a valley between them. And there went out a champion out of the army of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath. Whose height was six cubits and a span, and he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of his coat was five thousand shekels of brass, and he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders, and the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and one bearing a shield went before him.

And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. And if he be able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us.

And the Philistines said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man that we may fight. together.

Now, since the nursery school and since your early days in Sunday school, you know the story of David and Goliath. David is now just a youngster, he's just a boy. He hadn't even started to shave yet. The Bible says later on in this chapter, he was ruddy and of a fair countenance. I take that to mean he had a little peach fuzz on his chin.

Just a strapping teenage boy. And his brothers had gone off to battle. Seemed like the perpetual enemy of Israel were the Philistines. And David, like any red-blooded American boy, wanted to see that battle. He had to stay home, take care of the sheep.

But David's daddy said the boys need something to eat and they need some home cooking. And they sent David as a messenger there to carry food, to carry provisions to his brothers. And he was all excited, as any red-blooded person would be, I suppose, wanting to get out there where the action was, especially as a boy. Expecting to see a fight. And when he got out there, there's no fight at all, just a shouting match.

And even the other side was doing most of the shouting. He looked over there across The Valley. And there was the biggest man that he'd ever seen. His height was somewhere between Yeah. Nine feet and eleven feet.

and height.

Some people say he was almost 10 feet tall, some say he was over 11.

Okay. I know today The NBA, or these others. would like to have this man. He was big. He was the incredible Hulk of his day.

He was the original Bigfoot. He was big. Real big. And he is over there. Cursing.

and swearing, and defying the armies of Israel. The Bible tells us he was dressed in armor. And it was brass. And in my imagination, I can see that polished brass. as it glistens in the sunlight.

He must have been an awesome sight. He's lifting his big fists. like hams to the heavens. And he's cursing God. And he's blaspheming God.

And he is defying the armies of Israel. He's saying in effect You cowards. You weaklings. You miserable people. Send somebody over here to fight me, just one man.

Winner take all. If he defeats me... We'll lay down our arms and surrender. But if I take him... The battle is ours.

Winner take all. David wondered why doesn't somebody go over there and put that guy to sleep? No one was going. Not even big King Saul. No one was going.

You see, They were looking at the thing from a human perspective. As they looked at the situation and they saw Goliath over there, they were terrified. And their basic thought was when they looked at this giant. They thought, oh, we can't go. Who could fight him?

Look how much bigger he is. Then we are. But David looked at him. And do you know what David thought? David said, Look how much smaller he is than God is.

And so David decided he would go. Armed in the power of Almighty God. David with that sling. And with those five smooth stones, went out and won the victory, killed Goliath, cut his head off. with Goliath's own sword.

Now you know that story. There are three things I see as I look at this passage. Of course, there are many other things. But one thing I see is a vicious Enemy. A vicious enemy.

Goliath. The second thing I see is a vicarious encounter. The battle was fought. By one On behalf of them all, And the third thing I see. is a victorious example.

something that I can use in my own life. And see if you see those three things with me today, as we think, first of all, about a vicious enemy. I believe. that Goliath of Gath is an Old Testament picture. a symbol, an illustration of Satan himself.

Let me tell you why I believe that. First of all, look at his measure, beginning in verse 4. Weird in verse 4. And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six. Qubits.

and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of his coat was 5,000 shekels of brass, and he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass upon his shoulder, and the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed 600 shekels of iron, and one bearing a shield went before him. Have you ever noticed the use of the number six there? He's six cubits. and a span high.

In verses 5 and 6, he has six pieces of armor. His spearhead weighs In verse 7, 600 shekels.

Now you know That in the Bible, the devil's Superman. of which in a sense Goliath could picture is what, six? Six. Six. I see his measure.

Here he is described in these terms, but not only his measure. I see his might. Look again in verse 4. There went out a champion. This speaks of his How?

He was a Superman. A mighty man. A powerful person. And again, this reminds me of the power of the enemy. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and.

Powers. And not only do I see his measure, I see his might. I see his manner. Look, if you will, in verse 10 of this chapter. And the Philistines said, I defy.

The armies of Israel this day. How arrogant he was. How defiant he was. how rebellious he was against the things of God. and what fear he was causing.

Satan today like Goliath of old is making more noise than perhaps ever before. And saints are folding up. when they ought to be standing up. because of the arrogance of our enemy. I see his measure.

I see his might. I see his manner. I see his motive. What was his motive? To destroy the work of God.

Look at it again in verse 10. The Bible says, I defy the armies of Israel this day. That is, I am against the people of God. and the things of God. and the work of God.

As the devil has always been. He was a very sinister Enemy. Look in verse 16, if you will. In verse 16, the Bible says, And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself 40 days. You know what, 40 years in the Bible?

Forty is the number of testing. Moses was in the wilderness for 40 years. Israel, when they wandered through the wilderness for 40 years. Christ was tempted of the devil. or fasted forty days.

in the wilderness and was tempted. 40 in the Bible is the number of testing, the number of temptation, of trial. And here is Goliath. who pictures the devil. Our enemy.

who is testing Trying. Sifting. Fighting. The people of God. And so the first thing I see is a vicious enemy.

Second thing I see. is a vicarious Encounter I want you to notice how the battle lines were drawn that day. Look, if you will, in verse 8. And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them. Why are ye come out to set your battle in array?

Am not I a Philistine? And ye servants to Saul.

Now notice this: choose you a man. For you. Not a group of men. Just a man. One man Choose a man for you.

And let him Come down. to me. And in verse 10, give me a man. that we may fight together. One man was to fight for all.

Not only, therefore, do I believe That Goliath of Gath is a picture of Satan. But I believe that David is a picture of our Savior. I believe here. We had a prefiguring. of the Lord Jesus Christ.

who fought for us. A vicarious encounter. with Satan. himself. Vicarious means in our place.

One standing in the place of another. Here, David stood for them all that day, just as the Lord Jesus went to bloody Calvary and stood for me and stood for you on that day, a vicarious encounter. Let me tell you why I believe that David pictures the Lord Jesus. He pictures the Lord Jesus so much in the Bible that sometimes in the Bible Jesus is called David. Did you know that?

And the Bible calls Jesus my servant David. Because David is so much like in many ways his greater son, the Lord Jesus. Let me show you what I'm talking about. This young boy who went out to fight Goliath was the sanctified one. Go back to 1 Samuel 16 now and look, if you will, in verse 13.

You see, something had happened. to this young man. He had been anointed to be the king of Israel. He was just a lad. But you remember the story when the prophet Samuel was to come and anoint David's king?

Saul was the king, but he wasn't the king that God had really wanted. Then Samuel took the horn of oil. and anointed him, David. in the midst of his brethren. And the spirit of the Lord came upon David From that day.

Forward. David was anointed. With oil, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit came upon him and set him aside, and he wasn't an ordinary man. He was like our Lord.

A sanctified man, though our Lord sanctified in such a greater way than even David. But not only was he the sanctified one, Look, if you will, here in this 17th chapter, and you're going to find out that he was the sent one. Look in chapter 17, verse 17. And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren. And Epho.

of this parched corn and these ten loaves. and run to the camp of thy brethren. Sent by the Father. with bread for the brethren. That's Jesus.

Sent by the Father. With bread for his brethren. I am the bread of life, is the Lord Jesus. Jesus is pictured here, I think, perhaps in a shadow. Perhaps only faintly.

But I think as I look at these sacred pages that every one of us, every time, every place we look, ought to find Jesus somewhere standing in the shadows. I believe the whole Bible, somehow, some way, is about the Lord Jesus. And I'd rather see him too much in the Bible than see him too little in the Bible. I want to tell you David was that sanctified one. David was that sent one.

David was that scorned one. Look, if you will, in verse 28. What happened when David got there? Did they receive him with love and gladness? And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men.

And Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart, for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

Now what I want you to notice the scorn with which his brother treated him when he came that day. He wasn't received lovingly and kindly. Continue to read. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner. And the people answered him again after the former manner. What does that mean? It means that when young David came with a cause, With a mission. For the Father.

And for the glory of God. He was scorned. He was ridiculed. He was looked down upon. Because the Lord Jesus is despised and rejected of men.

A man of sorrows. and acquainted with grief. He came unto his own. and his own received him not. Young David.

Young David the Sanctified One. Young David the sent one. Young David, the scorned one. But young David The Saving One. It was David that fought the battle that day.

It was David that went against Goliath of Gath, and it was David that single-handedly won a battle. And that battle, ladies and gentlemen, was a battle for all of them. One man. vicariously fought, and won the battle. for them all there.

that day.

So that's the second thing I see. First of all, a vicious enemy. Secondly, A vicarious encounter. Thirdly, A victorious example. Because not only did the Lord Jesus, when He was here in the days of His flesh, win the battle against our arch enemy, the devil.

But he gave us an example. That we should walk in his steps. And as Jesus fought that battle so long ago, There is a continuing battle. In a sense, it's already won. And yet, in a sense, it needs to be fought day by day.

You say that sounds like confusion.

Well We don't fight for victory. We fight from victory. But we fight anyway. The victory has been won at Calvary, and that's the reason that we can win it day by day, practically right now.

Now I want you just to imagine. The giant in your life. Is it lust? Is it envy? Is it materialism?

Is it laziness? Is it fear? Is it greed? Is it hatred? Is it doubt?

What is it? What is it that stands between you? And God's will for your life. And the joy, the victory. that God wants you to have.

There's victory in Jesus. And there is a victorious example in this story.

So that you can live like a king. Are you ready? The three principles. That are here. First of all, there is a principle.

of persistence. Any battle He's going to be won by those who are persistent. I want you to look, if you will. In verse 32 of this chapter, chapter 17 and verse 32. And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him.

Thy servant will go. and fight. with this Philistine. David purposed in his heart he would do it. And when he purposed in his heart, he was not deterred by anything.

There was the dismay of others. Others were frightened. Look, if you will, in verse 11, chapter 17, verse 11. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed. and greatly afraid.

And look if you will in verse 24. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him. for they were sore afraid. And you know fear is infectious. But David wasn't daunted by their fear.

You see, In your battle. You go to find uh that you're surrounded by a bunch of cowards. A bunch of weak need people. A bunch of people who feel that it really cannot be done. And if you're not careful, their fear is going to infect you.

And the marvelous thing about David is this. That he was persistent in the face of the dismay. of others. The fear of man made Saul a coward. The fear of God made David a hero.

David had his eyes upon God. And therefore he was filled with a purpose There was a persistence. In spite of the dismay of others. Look, if you will, in verse 28. Look at it.

And Eliab the eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men. And Elab's anger was kindled against David, and said, Why camest thou down here? With whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? Can you hear him as he curls the lip in disdain?

Sonny boy. This is for the big boys here. You don't have any right down here. Get on back there in the wilderness. Going back there with those few sheep.

And not only was there dismay there was disdain. They looked down upon David. They're going to look down upon you. Did you know that the devil has laughed many a man out of victory. That people have just sneered at us and we fold up and just run away.

They laughed at little David. And doubtless their laughter cut him to the quick, but he refused to let up or back up or shut up. How about you?

Some of you at high school. Are you going to let somebody ridicule you for your faith? Are you a carry your Bible to school? You ought to bow your head and thank God for your food there in the lunch hall, just like you would at home. Are you going to stand up for the Lord Jesus when someone else takes his name in vain?

Are you afraid what they might think?

Well, David had a purpose. He said, I'm going to do it. And not only was there dismay, And not only was there disdain... But there was also discouragement. Look, if you will, in verse 33.

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine. Who was that that said that? That was Saul. And who was Saul? He was the king.

And more than the king, he was a warrior. He was an expert. Of course, the classic example or definition of an expert in X is a has-been and a spurt. is a drip under pressure. But he was an expert.

And he said it can't be done. I won't tell you. When you get ready to live for God, And when you get ready to get out of the boat with both feet. When you get ready to take a smooth stone and a sling and cross that valley against your Goliath, you're going to face those same three enemies. You're going to face those who are in despair.

They're going to be howling calamity. You're going to face those with disdain. They're going to be laughing at you. And you're going to face those with discouragement. Say, can't be done.

You ought to face the same thing little David faced. And you better learn to close these people out and get alone with God and get in the secret council halls of the Almighty and get your eyes on God, or you're going to lose the battle. You listen to what these people say. Can't be done. You listen to what these people say, you haven't got what it takes to do it.

They laugh at you. They ridicule you and the rest of them scared to death themselves. You're not going to win the battle. I believe one of the reasons that David was mighty for God is that he spent time alone with God. We were over there in Israel, and I watched a shepherd had a transistor radio up to his ear.

I thought, oh boy, if David had had one of those, we wouldn't have the twenty-third Psalm. Had his eyes on God. The Lord is my shield, my strength, my buckler. I don't care what Saul says. I don't care what Edi app says.

I don't care what anybody says. I want to know what God says. And so there was a purpose. The principle of persistence. I will go.

Do you know why some of you don't win the battle? You never show up. You don't even say I'm going to do it. You know, one man was bragging about what a great Christian he was. He said, oh.

I'm not afraid of the devil. That's not even the question, ladies and gentlemen. Is the devil afraid of you? Yeah. Is the devil afraid of you?

The Bible says resist the devil, he's to flee from us. Yeah. All right, but now there's another principle. Not only was there the principle of persistence or purpose, either way you want to put it. But there was also another principle.

There was the principle of progression. I want you to look, if you will, in verses 34 through 37 of this same chapter.

Now, Saul said to David, You can't do it. And David said unto Saul in verse 34, Thy servant kept his father's sheep. And there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard.

and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

Now what is the principle here? is the principle of progression. You see, David, before he fought Goliath, Bought a lion. And a bear. And he won those victories.

And because he had won those victories, he was ready for another victory. You see, David had learned to go from victory unto victory. And before Jesus met and defeated Satan at Calvary, he met and defeated Satan in the wilderness. And Jesus had gone from victory unto victory. And Jesus met Satan in private in the wilderness so that he might meet him in public.

at Calvary.

Now this brings up another point. The reason that some of us are not winning our big battles is that we're losing our little battles. And the Bible says He that is faithful in that which is least. is faithful also in that which is much. And some of you are not going to be ready when.

The incredible Hulk comes along. Because you haven't been being faithful. And those little things. You see, if you want to know what a man is made out of... Watch him in the little things.

You see, God could use a David. Because the first time it's just a little sheep out there, but he's a shepherd. I'm going to take care of my sheep. One little lamb. Maybe daddy wouldn't know.

Maybe no one else would know. But I'm going to be faithful in this witch's least. He slew a lion. And he slowed bear. And when time came for Goliath, he slew him.

Can I talk on money a little bit? Thank you.

Okay. Let me tell you something, folks. Tithing is kindergarten stuff. Kindergarten stuff.

Now, if you can't trust God with a dime out of a dollar, what are you going to do when you meet Goliath? Mm-hmm. If you can't trust God with a dime out of a dollar, what are you going to do when you meet Goliath? What are you going to do when the real problems come, when the big ones come? Don't think you've arrived when you've done that.

That's the ABC's, that's the kindergarten. What I'm trying to tell you is this. that we need to trust God in the small things. There's a principle of purpose. I'm going to do it.

There's a principle of progression. You be faithful where you are. You be faithful in that which is small, and that which is least, and God will help you to be faithful in that which is much.

Now, there's one last principle, and I'm going to be finished. In this victorious example, there's also a principle of power.

Now David did not go against Goliath. In spite of his purpose and in spite of his progression, without any power, he had tremendous power. And what was his power? Let's begin reading in verse 38 as we continue to read here. All right, in verse 38, and Saul armed David with his armor.

And he put on an helmet of brass upon his head. and he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he essayed to go, For he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him, And he took his staff in his hand.

and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag, which he had, even in a script. and his sling was in his hand. and he drew near to the Philistine. And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David, and the man that bare the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth and ruddy and of a fair countenance.

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the air and to the beast of the field. That is, Sonny Boy, when I get my hands on you, I'm going to break you in little pieces and feed you to the pigeons. Then said David to the Philistine.

Now don't miss this. Thou Comest to me. with a sword and with a spear and with a shield. But I come unto thee in the name of the Lord of hosts. the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand, and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee, and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth. that all the earth may know. that there is a God in Israel. And in those verses, the principle of power is delineated. What was the power?

that rested upon this man. What enabled a teenage boy The sanctified sent and saving one, to do what he did. First of all, he had Powerful methods. He refused King Saul's armor. King Saul was a huge man.

Much taller than I. David was an ordinary sized man and They put all this armor on little David, and there he is. He's just a boy anyway, hadn't even grown. And here's this great big breastplate, and here's this heavy sword, and this shield sitting lopsided. I had to play football one time with a helmet a couple of sizes too big.

That's tough. Here's little old David out there. My goodness. He said, take it off. I can't use it.

Then he went back. To his proven methods. What does this tell us? It tells us, ladies and gentlemen, that when we fight Satan, we cannot use unsanctified armor. The Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 10 and verse 4.

The weapons of our warfare are are not carnal. But mighty through God. to the pulling down of strongholds. You're not going to overcome Satan. with psychology.

You're not going to overcome Satan with the power of positive thinking. You're not going to overcome Satan. with education. You're not going to overcome Satan with money. You're not going to out-organize him.

You're not going to out-publicize him. Do you know the saddest thing I believe in our nation? Our many churches wearing the armor of Madison Avenue, Trying to outdo the devil. The world can outworld us every time. And had David put on armor?

Just like Old Goliath had. David would have been ignominiously defeated. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. We have the shield of faith, we have the sword of the Spirit, and we have the armor of righteousness. And so there must be a powerful method.

There must be a powerful master. Then said David to the Philistine.

Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield. But I come to thee in the name of the of the Lord of hosts. the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. You see? David came in the power of a name.

Did you know that we as Christians come against Satan in the power of a name? It's the name of Jesus. The devil's not afraid of the name Adrian. But all the name of Jesus. I come to thee in the name of Jesus.

You see, the Bible says, Jesus said, if you ask anything in my name, I will do it. We can come if we have the right method. We put aside this unsanctified armor. Take the whole armor of God that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. And if we come not in our name, But in the name of Jesus.

and come against Satan, our Goliath, and say, Satan, I, as God's man, come against you in the name of Jesus. Jesus. You say, well, yeah, sure. He says that. That's what I would expect him to say.

Fran If there's anything that I've learned in my ministry. It's the power of the name of Jesus. And when there are times when I don't even know what to pray. I just bow my head. and repeat Jesus is Lord.

over and over again. Jesus is Lord. I come to you, David said, in the name of the Lord of hosts. And the Lord of hosts is Jesus Christ. himself.

Now let me go on and And tell you one other thing about this power, and then I'll be finished. First of all, there was this purpose. Then there was this progression. And then there was his power. Power what?

A powerful method? a powerful master and a powerful motive. Look, if you will, in verse 46. Look at it. What was the motive of David that day?

David said, This day. Will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand? And I will smite thee. and take thine head from thee. And I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth.

And here was his motive. That all the earth may know that there is a God. In Israel. Not that there's a David in the camp. But there is a God.

in Israel. His motive. was for the glory of God, and that's why I won the battle. You know that some of you want to win the battle, but your motive is wrong. You've got a financial problem, but you don't want to get it whipped before the glory of God.

You just want more money in the bank.

Some of you've got a social problem. You don't want to whip for the glory of God. You just want to be happy. You see, look. When we get serious about wanting God to be glorified, Then God's going to move.

When we get the right method, When we get the right master, We get the right motive. We've got power. There's power. There is power in a sanctified Spirit-filled. Person who says It doesn't matter whether I live or die.

So long as God is glorified. Do you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit? You reduce all your goals and your aims to one thing. that Jesus be glorified, and you will automatically be filled with the Spirit. And somebody says, Oh, Lord, fill me so I'll be a great preacher.

Holy Spirit says, I'm not interested. Oh, Lord, fill me so I can be a soul winner. Holy Spirit says I could care less. Holy Spirit filled me so I can live a clean life. Holy Spirit says, ho-hum.

Holy Spirit, fill me that Jesus will be glorified. Oh, you want Jesus glorified?

So do I. I'll feel you. Incidentally, I may make you a preacher and help you live a clean life and make you a prayer warrior and all those other things, but not as an end in themselves. only that Jesus will be glorified. Is that what you want?

There is a principle, ladies and gentlemen, of purpose. Have you made it? There are those who are gonna laugh you out of it. There are those who are going to discourage you. They're those themselves who are going to be so afraid they say it can't be done.

There's a principle of progression. You may not have a Goliath out there. It may be that person that dented your fender when you get out to the parking lot. Or that fellow that picked up your topcoat. Listen, if you're not gonna handle those things, what are you gonna do when the big ones get here?

It's a principle of progression. Then there's a principle of power. The right method. The right master. The right motive.

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