<TITLE>09. Par 31-34</TITLE>L-31 David said, "You mean to tell me that you let that uncircumcised Philistine stand out there and defy the armies of the living God? Why," he said, "I'll never stand for that." And so his brother said, "I know your naughty heart; you come down to watch the battle and so forth."
And he come up to Saul. Saul said, "Bring the kid up here. Let's see what he looks like." He brought him up there, little bitty old fellow. He said, "Well, you can't fight that man. Why, he could perhaps pick you up in one hand and hold you out."
He said, "But listen, Saul." He said, "I trust the Lord. And I know, even the... Way long ago, I took my slingshot and I killed a lamb--a--a lion and I killed a bear. And took the things right out of, the lamb right out of his mouth. And when he rose up, why, I killed him with... slew him." And he said, "And how much more will He give that uncircumcised Philistine into my hand?"

L-32 Hallelujah! There you are. He knowed where he was standing. He was a man of faith. He believed God. God was in him. He knew he was anointed. And you know the same thing. If you have... You're Christians. And if God hadn't elected you to be a Christian, you would not be a Christian. It's God's choice, not yours. No man seeks God. No man seeks God at any time. You haven't sought God, but God has sought you. It wasn't you calling for God; it was God calling for you.
And then when God called you, it showed He elected you. You accepted the call, it was justification. Then you gave your heart to Christ and was filled with the Holy Spirit. And now you're positionally placed in the body of Christ. Now, if it made you quit your old mean habits and act like a Christian ought to, if it'll do that for you, it'll heal your body, 'cause it's a promise. Amen. There you are.

L-33 Notice, David knew where he was standing, said, "Yes, sir." He knew that God was with him. So he said, "I'll go fight the Philistine."
So it's like any other boy, as soon as he gets a calling to the ministry, they have to send him to the seminary right away. You see? And so they took Saul, and he said, "Now, wait, you have to do the fighting the way we want it done here. Now, the first thing you have to do, we have to put your helmet on." I can imagine that little head of David with that big helmet slipping that over his head, probably had to hold his head up like this to see. His eyes come over his ears. And then his big bonnet wouldn't fit him. So then Saul said, "Put on my armor." And imagine a man seven foot something tall with a little man probably five foot and a half tall, with his armor hanging way down here, look like a skirt on him. Could you imagine? And then with his big shield and sword hanging to his side...

L-34 David got dressed up like that, all that seminary experience, he said, "Say, I don't know nothing about this stuff. I don't know how to preach theology and all these other kind of things that you talk about, and all these fine rosary prayers." He said, "Let me go in the same trust, with the same God that delivered the lion into my hand."
That's what we need tonight, brethren. I ain't got nothing against seminaries, and against high schools, and--of education and so forth. But what, when God called you, go. Someone talking about practicing to be a missionary for about fifteen years and send them over to Africa. Nonsense. God calls you, go. That's all.
Disciples never waited for no education; none of the rest of them that ever amounted to anything ever waited for it. God calls you, He's ready for you; get moving. The first thing you know you'll become so indoctrinated; the little part of God that's in you will be taken out.


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