Tipping Point

The Survival Decision

Tipping Point

You’re One Decision Away

Lesson 4: The Survival Decision

February 24 & 25, 2018

 

YOU ARE A GIANT SLAYER

 

Giant Slayers Know God’s With Them

 

Numbers 14:9 Oh, do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land. For they are but bread for us to eat! The Lord is with us and he has removed his protection from them! Don’t be afraid of them!” Living Bible

 

Joshua 1:5 No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake youNew International Version

Romans 8:31 What can we ever say to such wonderful things as these? If God is on our side, who can ever be against us? Living Bible

 

Giant Slayers Focus on the Promise

 

Joshua 1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them - to the Israelites. New International Version

 

Joshua 1:3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates - all the Hittite country- to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. New International Version

Isaiah 54:17...no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the Lord. New International Version

 

Giant Slayers Are Fearless & Aggressive

 

1 Samuel 17:32 “Don’t worry about a thing,” David told him. “I’ll take care of this Philistine!” Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:33Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “How can a kid like you fight with a man like him? You are only a boy, and he has been in the army since he was a boy!” Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:34 But David persisted. “When I am taking care of my father’s sheep,” he said, “and a lion or a bear comes and grabs a lamb from the flock... Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:35 I go after it with a club and take the lamb from its mouth. If it turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to deathLiving Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this heathen Philistine too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:48 As Goliath approached, David ran out to meet him... Living Bible 

 

1 Samuel 17:49 ...and, reaching into his shepherd’s bag, took out a stone, hurled it from his sling, and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and the man fell on his face to the ground. Living Bible

Giant Slayers Talk to their Giants

Mark 11:23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. New International Version

 

1 Samuel 17:41-42 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield-bearer ahead of him, sneering in contempt at this nice little red-cheeked boy! Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:43 “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. 44 “Come over here and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals,” Goliath yelled. Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:45 David shouted in reply, “You come to me with a sword and a spear, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of the armies of heaven and of Israel - the very God whom you have defied. Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:46 Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head; and then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel! Living Bible

 

1 Samuel 17:47 And Israel will learn that the Lord does not depend on weapons to fulfill his plans - he works without regard to human means! He will give you to us!” Living Bible