1 Samuel 17

Hello My Name is... Mighty God

Hello my name is: Mighty God

Dave Riddle - 12/08/19

Key Passage: Isaiah 9:6


‘el (Hebrew: אֵל) - god or god-like one; mighty one. Mighty men: men of rank: heroes. Strength, power. God (the one true God)


gibbowr (Hebrew: גִּבּוֹר) - strong, mighty or powerful. A strong, brave and mighty person. By implication a warrior and champion.

  • Joshua 1:14, 6:2, 8:3

  • 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 23

  • Psalm 24:8


He is divine

  • Hebrews 1:3 - the exact expression of His nature

  • John 1:14 -The Word became flesh... the one and only Son from the Father

  • John 10:30 - I and the Father are One

  • Matthew 1:23 - God with us


He was promised

  • Genesis 3:15 - He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.


He was wounded

  • Isaiah 53:4-5 - Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.

    • Pierced, crushed, punished, and wounded for us.


He is Triumphant

  • Jesus is the victorious one!

  • Hebrews 2:14-15

    • By his death he destroyed death... and freed those held in slavery by the fear of death.


Romans 8:31-35

  • if God is for us, who can be against us?

  • Who can separate us from the love of Christ?

Up (Our Father)

A Family on Mission - Up (Our Father)

Dave Riddle - 06/16/19

Key Passage: Acts 13:22

The most important thing

  • Mark 12:28-30

Captured by the concept of worship

  • Romans 12:1

A rhythmic response to God’s self-revelation

  • 1 John 4:19 - “we love because He first loved us...”

A matter of our hearts

  • Mark 7:6

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David

  • 1 Samuel 16:7

    • “...the Lord looks at the heart”

  • Acts 12:22

    • “...a man after my own heart”

    • We are called to align our hearts with God’s heart.

Allow God to be first

  • Philippians 3:7-14

  • Make God the object and pursuit of your life.

Rely on God’s power

  • 1 Samuel 17

  • Romans 8:11 - the same power that raised Jesus from the dead now lives in you!

Rest in His authority

Live in full transparency

  • Psalm 139 - you have searched me and know me.

Two Outcomes

  1. We are loved

    • The creator of the universe loves you!

    • 1 John 3:1 - his love is so great that we are called His children!

  2. Called to live in obedience!

    • John 14:15 - if we love God we will desire to keep His commands.