In the battle between David and Goliath, the flistine was the

odds-on favorite. His victory over Israel appeared to be a sure thing. He was a

massive man fully armored and equipped. The only opponent who had stepped forward

was David, a young shepherd with a slingshot and five stones. But David had a

secret weapon. To find out about that today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg is

teaching a message he's titled, From Victory on to Victory.

For Samuel 17 and verse 40, then David 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, radii 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

defined. 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 hosts 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

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