{"id":7752,"date":"2023-03-26T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2023-03-26T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T18:00:12","slug":"david-fights-a-different-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=7752","title":{"rendered":"DAVID FIGHTS A DIFFERENT BATTLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Story of David<\/b><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Sermon series)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>DAVID FIGHTS A DIFFERENT BATTLE<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1 Samuel chapters 29 &amp; 30<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7752-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/03-26-2023.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/03-26-2023.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/03-26-2023.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A CERTAIN DISTRUST<\/u> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1 Samuel 29:1-5 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n1\u00a0 Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel. 2\u00a0 As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish, 3\u00a0 the commanders of the Philistines said, \u201cWhat are these Hebrews doing here?\u201d And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, \u201cIs this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years, and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.\u201d<br \/>\n4\u00a0 But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, \u201cSend the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here? 5\u00a0 Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances, \u2018Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE<\/u><u><br \/>\n<\/u>1 Samuel 29:6-11 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n6\u00a0 Then Achish called David and said to him, \u201cAs the LORD lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that you should march out and in with me in the campaign. For I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not approve of you. 7\u00a0 So go back now; and go peaceably, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.\u201d 8\u00a0 And David said to Achish, \u201cBut what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?\u201d 9\u00a0 And Achish answered David and said, \u201cI know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God. Nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, \u2018He shall not go up with us to the battle.\u2019<br \/>\n10\u00a0 Now then rise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who came with you, and start early in the morning, and depart as soon as you have light.\u201d 11\u00a0 So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY<br \/>\n<\/u>1 Samuel 30:1-6 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n1\u00a0 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire 2\u00a0 and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way. 3\u00a0 And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4\u00a0 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. 5\u00a0 David\u2019s two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6\u00a0 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A CHALLENGING DISTANCE<br \/>\n<\/u>1 Samuel 30:7-10 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n7\u00a0 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, \u201cBring me the ephod.\u201d So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8\u00a0 And David inquired of the LORD, \u201cShall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?\u201d He answered him, \u201cPursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.\u201d 9\u00a0 So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed. 10\u00a0 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A MIRACULOUS DIRECTION<br \/>\n<\/u>1 Samuel 30:11-15 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n11\u00a0 They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink, 12\u00a0 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. 13\u00a0 And David said to him, \u201cTo whom do you belong? And where are you from?\u201d He said, \u201cI am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.<br \/>\n14\u00a0 We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.\u201d 15\u00a0 And David said to him, \u201cWill you take me down to this band?\u201d And he said, \u201cSwear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A POWERFUL DELIVERANCE<br \/>\n<\/u>1 Samuel 30:16-20 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n16\u00a0 And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.<br \/>\n17\u00a0 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled. 18\u00a0 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. 19\u00a0 Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. David brought back all.<br \/>\n20\u00a0 David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, \u201cThis is David\u2019s spoil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A GENEROUS DISTRIBUTION<br \/>\n<\/u>1 Samuel 30:21-26 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n21\u00a0 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them. 22\u00a0 Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, \u201cBecause they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.\u201d 23\u00a0 But David said, \u201cYou shall not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us. 24\u00a0 Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike.\u201d 25\u00a0 And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day. 26\u00a0 When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, \u201cHere is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 36:5 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n5\u00a0 Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 John 5:4-5 (ESV)<\/strong><br \/>\n4\u00a0 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world\u2014our faith.<br \/>\n5\u00a0 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story of David (Sermon series) \u00a0by Rev. 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