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Sunday Service: The Overcomer Series (The G.O.A.T.)

(07-11-2021) Bro. Allan Barabat

*Romans 8:37
"37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."

=The Overcomer Series: The G.O.A.T.=
G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time)

I. The Overcomer's Challenge
a. The Size of the Challenge
*1 Samuel 17:4
"4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall.

b. The Sight of the Challenge
*1 Samuel 17:5-7
"5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels ;
6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.
7 His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.

c. The Shout of the Challenge
*1 Samuel 8-11
"8 Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me.
9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us."
10 Then the Philistine said, "This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other."
11 On hearing the Philistine's words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified."

II. The Overcomer's Character
a. The Conviction of the Overcomer
*1 Samuel 17:26
"26 David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

b. The Courage of an Overcomer
*1 Samuel 17:28
"28 When Eliab, David's oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, "Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the desert? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle."
29 "Now what have I done?" said David. "Can't I even speak?"

c. The Confidence of an Overcomer
*1 Samuel 17:34-35
"34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
37 The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."

Physical vs Spiritual

*1 Samuel 17:43
"43 He said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 "Come here," he said, "and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!"
45 David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands."
48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

III. The Overcomer's Calling:
G-et rid of any discouragement.
*Isaiah 40:31
"31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

O-pen up your Victory Basket.

A-mplify God over your Goliaths

T-rack towards your Giants.