Our greatest need

Jason Klebes

The Gospel Project • Sermon • Submitted 4 years ago

1 Samuel 17:1–58

Mercy

Kindness

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Our greatest need

Can you image showing kindness to some one who was trying to kill you?

Can you picture serving a man who spend his time and money to try to track you down and murder you?

Or could you imagine morning this person death?

This is the story of David and Saul. Saul hated David because he was threatened by David. In this time in the nation of Israel they wanted a king like every other name, and God gives them what they want- They get Saul who turns out to be a bad king. A Cowardly kings all because He looked the part.

God wanted to be their King and take can of they but they wanted what the other nation had a king;

What is your greatest need? Often times we get caught up on our physical needs. “ I need food.” “I need money.” “I need clothes.”

What is it in our life that is our greatest need? What is that one thing that we need removed from our lives because it threatens us, it holds us back and chained?

1 Samuel 8:7 ESV

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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But God loved His people and had a plan for them. He rejected Saul, showing them that their chose was bad, and He chose David which he described as

Ephesians 2:1 ESV

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

1 Samuel 13:14 ESV

But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Today I want ot talk about a story of people in need. Great need. Life or death need because our story today takes place during a great battle.

God wanted what was best for His people. Saul knew that God had reject him because he was an evil king. So this is why Saul wanted to kill David.

The Bible makes it clear that our greatest need is for our us to be made

Between Israel and the Philistines.

Saul ends up being killed in battle along with his entire family. None are left except one and this is were our story picks up.

When the Philistines gathered an army to fight Israel, King Saul got his army ready too, but the Philistines had an ace up there sleeve in a great warrior named Goliath. Goliath shouted at the Israelites, “Send me your best man, and we’ll fight one-on-one.” But none of the Israelites wanted to fight Goliath. They were all afraid of him.

1 Samuel 17:37–51 ESV

And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!” Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail, and 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, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off. Then 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. And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him. And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance. And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds 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 that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.” When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

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When we read stories like this we like to think that we are like David, and we just need to overcome this great obstacle in our lives. It is a great thought to be like David, when everyone else is cowering in the corner you are the one running at the giant. And you might ask yourselves what are the giants in my life that I need to slay?

Our take way is that if we have courage like David we can overcome any challenge we face and God will protect us. God is a person that God used to defeat the enemies of His people. David won the victory through God’s power.

But you aren’t David. You aren’t the savior. in fact you are more like the cowards facing this impossible foe. For the Israel it was Goliath the Giant. For you and for me is the impossible foe of sin a death.

Christ Connection: David did not look like a king or a mighty warrior, but God chose him to be king over Israel and gave him victory over Goliath. The Israelites were too weak and afraid to face Goliath; they needed David to fight on their behalf. In a similar way, though Jesus did not look like a warrior or king, we need Him to fight for us. Jesus gives us victory over sin and death.

The Philistines had a great warrior named Goliath. Goliath shouted at the Israelites, “Send me your best man, and we’ll fight one-on-one.” But none of the Israelites wanted to fight Goliath. They were afraid of him.

king over Israel and gave him victory over Goliath. The Israelites were too weak and afraid to face

Goliath; they needed David to fight on their behalf. In a similar way, though Jesus did not look like a

warrior or king, we need Him to fight for us. Jesus gives us victory over sin and death.

2 Samuel 9 ESV

And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.” And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.” The king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.” Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar. And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.” And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.” And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?” Then the king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s grandson. And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master’s grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table, like one of the king’s sons. And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s servants. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate always at the king’s table. Now he was lame in both his feet.

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