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My husband’s the best!

…donuts……donuts…. My wife’s the best!. My husband’s the best!. So we’re all up to speed…. Philistines & Israel were enemies They were always at war Israel should have destroyed them by now, but they kept disobeying God. Philistines. 3,000 chariots (13:5) 6,000 charioteers

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My husband’s the best!

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  1. …donuts……donuts… My wife’s the best! My husband’s the best!

  2. So we’re all up to speed… • Philistines & Israel were enemies • They were always at war • Israel should have destroyed them by now, but they kept disobeying God

  3. Philistines • 3,000 chariots (13:5) • 6,000 charioteers • Soldiers as “numerous as the sand on the seashore.” Israelites • 600 soldiers (13:15) • No weapons

  4. Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!” So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened … so on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them. 1 Samuel 13:15-20, 22

  5. One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father. Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron. With him were about six hundred men … no one was aware that Jonathan had left. 1 Samuel 14:1-3

  6. On each side of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost was a cliff; one was called Bozes, and the other Seneh. One cliff stood to the north toward Micmash, the other to the south toward Geba. Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” 1 Samuel 14:4-6

  7. “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.” Jonathan said, “Come, then; we will cross over toward the men and let them see us. If they say to us, ‘Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them. But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ we will climb up, because that will be our sign that the Lord has given them into our hands.” 1 Samuel 14:7-10

  8. So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.” The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come up to us and we’ll teach you a lesson.” So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Climb up after me; the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.” 1 Samuel 14:11-12

  9. Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and killed behind him. In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre. Then panic struck the whole army – those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties – and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God. 1 Samuel 14:13-15

  10. Why was Saul not leading the charge?

  11. Saul Spiritual condition was moving away from God Jonathan Spiritual condition was moving toward God.

  12. Your character follows your spiritual condition.

  13. There is no one like him among all the people! 1 Samuel 10:24

  14. Pride is always in conflict with Christian character.

  15. The challenges you face will risein proportion to the character you develop.

  16. The challenges you face will risein proportion to the character you develop. character challenges

  17. Philistines • 3,000 chariots (13:5) • 6,000 charioteers • Soldiers as “numerous as the sand on the seashore.” Israelites • 600 soldiers (13:15) • “Quaking with fear” (13:7) • No weapons (13:22)

  18. Saul Allowed himself to be delayed. Jonathan Refused to let himself be denied.

  19. Saul took his eyes off of God’s past faithfulness,which made him lose hope that God would be faithfulin the future.

  20. While everyone else sat around,Jonathan moved forward.

  21. The odds never get better.

  22. The question is not, “How likely is it that we will succeed?” The question is, “Has God called me to move forward?”

  23. Saul Did not take God at His word. Jonathan Said God’s word was enough.

  24. (uncertainty) (certainty)

  25. Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” 1 Samuel 14:4-6

  26. Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised fellows. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” 1 Samuel 14:4-6

  27. “Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.” 1 Samuel 14:7

  28. So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes they were hiding in.” The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come up to us and we’ll teach you a lesson.” So Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Climb up after me; the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.” 1 Samuel 14:11-12

  29. Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and killed behind him. In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre. 1 Samuel 13:14

  30. (uncertainty) (certainty)

  31. Jonathan Knew • God has called us to defeat the Philistines • The odds are irrelevant • Nothing can stop the Lord from saving Jonathan Didn’t Know • How God would work

  32. Jonathan wasn’t choosing how he would die, he was choosing how he would live.

  33. It is ironic that we run to God to keep us safe when He calls us to a dangerous faith. He will shake loose everything in which we place our trust outside of Him and teach us how to thrive in a future unknown. Erwin McManus

  34. (uncertainty) (certainty)

  35. Our God is a God who calls us each day to greater things than the day before, and Who is able to protect us whenwe step out in faith to accomplish them.

  36. Saul Thought he had already accomplished enough. Jonathan Knew that God is always calling us forward.

  37. If I wake up tomorrow and I am the same as I am today,I am a backslider. Smith Wigglesworth

  38. Are you Saul or Jonathan?

  39. Then panic struck the whole army – those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties – and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God. 1 Samuel 13:15

  40. Are you Saul or Jonathan?

  41. Three Questions • How much importance am I placing on my spiritual condition? • Am I delaying in moving forward into what God’s called me because the odds don’t seem to line up? • Is God’s word enough for me to step out into the realm of uncertainty?

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