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I Samuel 17:32-40; 48-52

“Risk-Taker”

Last Sunday:

Attribute:  Perseverance

Position: Starting pitcher

Player: Caleb

This Sunday:

Attribute:  Risk-taker

Position:  Closer

Player:  David

Review I Samuel 17:1-52

(Read Baseball Version)

To be a risk-taker:

I.     Confront Ungodliness (vs. 26b, 45)

II. Expect Ridicule (vs. 28, 33, 43)

1.     Conviction / jealousy 

2.     God’s words and ways are counter culture

Luke 6:22-23

22 Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

23 "Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.

John 15:20, “Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.”

III. Be Prepared to Respond to the Opportunity (vs. 36-37)

IV. Step Up and Speak Out (vs. 32)

V. The Result: Encourage and strengthen others (vs. 24, 52)