Finishing What They Started - Bro Philip Howell 9-27-2024

Ain't you glad for the spirit of the Lord your

field tonight? Yeah, I was thanking brother if you for

talking about that scripture. I believe now Rocky sets you

on Tibeto, established the new going, a new lively go start.

I feel like Brother Jesse and Brother Samuel were on

my message quite a bit. As far as like it

takes action, you gotta do something. If you have your

Bible start to First Samuel chapter seventeen, it'll be a

very very familiar story and scripture. I wanna.

I'm gonna I plan to preach the way the Lord

gave me.

It'd be a little different probably than you ever heard

the thought process on him. I'm gonna give honor to

my pastor, Brother Nathaniel, very thankful for the opportunity to preach.

We don't take it lightly. We definitely had fly eventful

time and word.

Thank the Lord. We had some downtime. So if every

reading study quite a bit, but no doubt like to sleep.

But if you would stand, we're gonna read first thing

of seventeen. We'll be reading verse verses two and verses three,

and saw and the men of Israel were gathered together

and pitched by the valley of Elaw and set the

battle in a.

Ray against the Philistines.

And the Philistine stood on a mountain on the one side,

and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side,

and there with a valley between them, if it would stretch.

Your hands forehead and.

As rodd God, O.

God, I want to preach for just a little while.

I won't be too too long winded, but I want

to preach. The Lord gave me this title when I

read first too, and said in Saul, and the men

of Israel were gathered together and pitched in the valley

of Ela, and set the battle in a raid against

the Philistines. I want to preach just for a little

while on finishing what they started. So most of us,

most everybody here probably grew up in church or you

for sure. This is a very common Bible story here.

But you got Israel and the Philistines.

They're on Israel's on one mountain, there's a valley in

between them.

And the Philistines are on the other valley.

And the Bible says that Delias would come out and

he would talk to Israelites under time, at their time,

he would come out and tell him send me a

man who will fight. Send me someone that fight against me,

the Philistine's best. If it takes sending me your best,

bring it on.

I'm ready.

And the Bible says, Goliath come and presented himself for

forty days.

Right.

So I don't know how long is the battle had

been going on, if they've been in a stand off

longer than forty.

Days, but I know it was forty plus days until

David walked into the story.

So David had three brothers of being a David, Shama,

and Eliah. And so his father Jesse called him and said, hey,

I want you to go check on my boys. Go

down there to the battle and take the captain of

their hosts, taking ten loaves and ten things of cheese.

So David done as his father said. The next morning,

he got up and he made his way.

And about the time David got there, the Bible says,

Israel and the Philistines put the armies at war.

They could get to buy and David send it.

And the Bible says he left his chariot with the keeper,

and he ran into the trench and saluted his brethren.

I won't be too long, so I makes.

Y'all get in here and gravel what I say, and

I'm breaching again on finishing what they started. David walks

in there with a good attitude. David walks in there

to get the captain of his three brothers. The captain

their host a thousand men was what their captain had.

They were three of the thousand. He walked in with

good things Jesse and told him go and get their

their their plays. What I believe that's what they need.

So David went with good intensions. The Bible said. He

walked in and saluted his brethren. And about that time,

Oh Goliath makes an appearance.

And the Bible said, is that Saul and the men planned.

They were fearful, all right, And so David the men David,

from what I read, he didn't ask them about Eliath.

They began to tell David about Elizazh. Have you heard

of this man? The liar?

The men had just ran from him.

And so they began to tell David about Elia and

tell him of the things that King Saul would do

for the man that would kill him. Right, the Bible said,

David turned to another, and he asked them what will

be done to the man that kills him, and they

said the same manner.

And it happened two or three times, all right.

And then David's brother Elia. This boy had an attitude.

And he had it for a while.

The Bible says he heard the men talking to David,

and Eliab said, let me see by five of his

first twenty eight and elive. His eldest brother heard when

he spake under the men and Eliab, and the lion's

anger was kindled against David, and he said, why comest

thou down hither, and with whom hast thou let those

few sheep in the wilderness.

I know thy eye in the naughtiness.

Of thy heart for the hour come down that theou

might have seen the battle. David didn't come to see

the battle. David come to bring the battle. This wasn't

David's problems with the one Gamen. That's why I got

fantasy what they started. Yes, David was a part of Israel,

but it was not a part of the army. This

why here was a lion of being and dam and

Shama's problem to themselves. David, right here, the one gave

you this. David responds, The Bible says, to his brother, right.

What have I done this time? What have I done now?

Right?

And then he says, is there not a cause? The

only thing I know from what I read? David comes

in salute. Some the men come to David and tell

him about the lion. David asked another one, is this true?

What the saying's gonna happen? The people tell him yes,

and then David all he says that you find until.

Saul calls for him.

Is this? They're not a cast That's the only thing

I see. And Saul calls for him simply because he said,

is they're not a call? Right? So David comes to

saw and begins to talk to Saul, and Soul sells

him that you're not You can't go against this man

this you're nothing but a youth. This man a man

of war from his year. Right. He begins to the

little David a little bit right, and David tells him

of the times that God, you seem to slay the

lion and the bear. Saul sits there and tries to

offer David is armored on O that scripture. We've heard

it for years.

David Saul was head and shoulders above everybody. God, this

armor is not gonna work for David, and I got

something to tell. I'd got a saw here.

But if your armor won't work for you, it ain't

gonna work for David.

It's not in the armor, it's what's in the armor.

David didn't in the armor.

He took what he knew, what girth having that was

his sleep. You have to use what with no words,

every one of us, no prayer words. Every one of

us goes fast and watch. Every one of us knows worship.

David makes his way. I got to think that, the

Bible says, he takes this this noo. David's got his

five stone and.

He begins to head towards Goliath.

Was this the first Israelie that Goliath had ever seen

up close to, other than maybe one pay of capture?

Because Goliath, every time he appeared, including the King of Israel. Sorry,

all of a sudden, there's nothing but a little old life.

The Bible says, he there's a little laugh, or get

the worst onto the r I just.

Slipping God, Yeah, a ruddy little boy coming at him.

Deliaths not quite stood up yet. David starts making his

way to him, and the Bible says that Goliath looks

on him and says, Ama, dog.

That you'm coming with with staves.

What Goliath was saying, I expected a man I might

have expected Sol be the one to come and faced it.

Little on David comes out there and he telling, you

come to me.

With spearing, a sword and a shield.

But the reason I'm here it ain't for the money.

That solved one yet he ain't for the title Sol. Again,

it's simply because he defied the army of God.

That is the number one problem David having me Goliath.

David slays deliaths with the starling stinks in his forehead.

Oh, Goliath has a fault quite like sister Hammond, and

he falls flat on his face. Though theyven didn't have

a sword.

David goes and gets the man's sword, cuts his head off.

We know the story.

Now all of a sudden, all of iss maading a charge.

Where were you at he time for a heart?

With the times you ran?

Now all of a sudden, now right there showed you

soul with a charge. Every scene his man in a charge,

Shama bending down, and a dog got a charge with him.

Be in the same bloodline as as David. The Bible

says Jesse was a great man for his as there

was a man among men for an old man, said

David cuts his head off. I just feel like, uh,

Live had probably long out your hair like Sampson.

I think you had that old boy by his head

walking around. The Bible says he headed to Jerusalem.

Now all of a sudden, imagine on me, he's got

that old boy's head in his hand. Now all that

hears the lots are chasing all the Philistine's away.

Something that stuck.

Out to me Dave of Saul when he asked Abner

after they seen the way David went towards him, he said,

whose son is.

This Avener, said Liz Aber Admer.

Said, as the Lord liveth I cannot tell thee Saul said, fine.

Now the Bible says that David.

When he come back from slaughtering the Philistines, I couldn't

help but think we don't know if Elias the only

Philistine David slew. The Bible don't say that. He said

that after David come back from the slaughter of the Philistine.

He had oh Elias head in his hand, carried around

Abner that he said, ain't Saul wants to see you.

He come in with the problem Saul couldn't handle. He

come in with the problem. That's Saul that terrorized his

man for both day.

I'm telling you right now we gotta church some As

to having me David's three brothers you're talking about I

think that Appetim's gonna be a good man, But you're

talking about cowards.

If any of my brothers or myself or anybody of this.

Church, even when he handed down there around and seeing

three men by, he didn't see.

Nobody listen to me. There's their stand by, what's your

make your move? Stand back?

And what's to do?

Dad drugs you the glue to see if you're bad.

All they were doing was.

Waiting to see if Dave and Dy hide it.

To see if David Little ready to say it, to

see if we meant this. They're not a cause. Same

thing happened to Sham and one.

Of David's my three mighty men. It's not his brother,

separate man in that in that field of lineals they

were coming from warm Why is he the only man

standing in the middle. They sat there and foks laid

them all.

That's what that means. Don't have limbs because because.

Of a shell.

I want to tell you, if you're David, if you're

pastor Ever.

Gets your back to finish with you started, listen to me,

David wasn't around when this started.

David was more likely than in the field with his father. Shit,

the man of God ain't there when you commit your sin.

The man of God he might know, but listen to me,

he ain't there.

He don't want to happen.

Sometimes he does, sometimes he don't. David was in the field.

So if you're pastor, if your if you're David Ever

goes to fix your problem, at least be.

Mail enough to say I'll get your back, shut up

there and that in a line.

They should have been mad enough to say, David, we

don't try God one week need we can't.

Deal with little Goliath.

He's staying behind your back on song. Should have been

out there saying, Dick boy, we'll see he should.

Have talked David.

Alban didn't work for Dick.

Get us to say.

This.

This I know, I said it, This is not this

was not a lot of people and I'll probably one

day I preach it as the problem of David.

A lot of people preached this as David's giant, as

the thing that's gonna David.

This was not David's problem. This was simply song in

the army of eas They're the one that stood there

like cowbirds. I don't care how big of a man,

how strong, how powerful, how much might he's got. If

a handful of me, it would have charge. They said, hey,

will sacrifice you. They could have taken down. But everyone

I'm was scared. Why because of their And I want

to tell you stand.

One on your pastor if he's ever dealing and it's

a situation that you won't deal with yourself.

It's understandable. Times you might not have the power with God.

You need to fix the problem. So but at least

get to madle God's back. Least there and defend.

But you started right God.

We got a church here.

I was talking to Brother Jennings there to night and

I told him, I said, we are nonline.

When we say we don't have a dross service. Every service,

I brother, par of God don't matter day I see

it matter.

But I want to tell somebody, if you're you here,

if you're the person that's been ever since Pastor took

the pastor, you know good, well, this is a church

that would kept behind you, and you gonna face the

thing that you need to face. I know good well,

if you're in the altar, you're gonna have someone David

didn't have that will bless me. I'll measure to have

a church never will get behind us.

David's president.

Get you that, David's mighty man.

Shall I didn't have that, But if you did have it,

would you have it? Deep down?

And sad enough?

I beat him?

Do it yourself David did as a young man, David,

I had what he did. I pray to y'all and

won't have one and need leus. Come in the altars.

I'm said in here, Bena will get behind you.

You ain't got to worry about charging your devil in

your lives, and you ain't.

Got no one behind you.

This church will get behind you and pray with you. Second, then.

See that is done by said little Daavid.

When it is dim in your.

Favor, I'm getting it all.

I don't know.

I want someone to not.

With the head of your problem, with the problem, and

I about you for some time.

It was forty days.

Becoming tide of me holding anything about here so long,

and no the best people that are.

At that.

I'll bet we I ask day in the little days

diet wilding you.

I don't know a little to do, and I'm sorry

bad you letter see.

The same.

Y f The man's not bout again, is.

You, David?

Orso sa alight?

For sall the gods were just.

Too hot for little Dad.

He gave the battle ne.

You've had a record again, says he says, guy is

not man.

The spells not man, said Little David, lorded arm and

yet man hardy evening.

I don't know how what to do.

I'm so bad.

You let me see.

Cherry me word.

About a not man?

Given it to you?

Is it?

Spare not mad?

Say little baby, for this time in your bed.

Giving it all to you. I don't know what to do,

and I'm so bad.

You let me see chair all honey sad about his

not bad?

Give it to Leary, is.

Little baby?

Oh so small, lie sa.

All the odds were just too high for the new day,

ohbody games the baddest to the world.

You had a record again the past.

And he said, as.

Bad as an old man.

I gave it to you bad side, the battle of

norm bad.

Fall, little Dame go his side, given it all I

don't know hard and I'm so bad.

You let me see.

You, nor honey for the matter of.

The hombad gave back to you d side.

The battles norbad, say Little David. Please God, you say.

I'm getting a call.

I don't know where today.

I'm s glad she's live.

See cherring the elody.

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Its wordy, not the mad is not.

Bad, say Damon for his side.

Me nesting, naming it all.

I don't know what to do, and I'm so glad

you let me see.

Carlady first. That is not bad.

I give it to you, lady side Little David. Also

small Biglia.

It was senta, the odds word you have for little

day Lady gave the battle to all