Courage and Faith: A Study of David and Goliath, Lecture notes of History

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God’s
Own
Heart,”
Lesson
3,
Leader’s
Guide
 Courage,
1
Sam
17
 
 Central
theme:
God’s
kind
of
man
is
courageous,
especially
when
God’s
name
is
on
 the
line
 
 For
Starters
–

 Hand
out
the
game
sheet
found
at
the
end
of
the
lesson
and
have
each
person
in
your
group
 try
to
answer
the
question
in
each
box.
Give
them
2
minutes
or
so
to
fill
out
the
whole
 sheet.
After
they’ve
finished,
reveal
the
answers.

 
 Supplies:
 Game
sheet
(one
for
each
person)
 Pencils/pens
 
 Answers:
 Courage,
the
Cowardly
Dog
 Braveheart
 Scarecrow
 The
Cowardly
Lion
 University
of
Maryland
 The
Brave
Little
Toaster
 Braves
 Red
Badge
of
Courage
 Scarer
 
 Hand
out
a
funny
“prize”
to
the
winner
(if
it’s
something
related
to
“heart,”
e.g.
artichoke
 hearts,
even
better).
After
finishing,
ask
them
if
they
sense
a
theme
to
the
pictures
(the
 theme
is
bravery,
courage,
fear).
 
 Look
at
the
Book
–
1
Sam
17
 
 As
we
look
this
week
at
another
episode
in
the
life
of
David,
we’re
going
to
see
that
one
 thing
that
God
values
is
courage.
 
 Last
time
we
saw
that
God
had
chosen
a
new
leader
for
his
people.
This
man
was
David
and
 he
would
replace
Saul
because,
as
God
put
it,
David
was
a
man
after
his
own
heart.
Let’s
 read
together
about
what
happened
to
the
people
of
Israel
shortly
after
David
was
anointed
 as
the
new
king
of
the
people.
 
 Read
1
Samuel
17:1‐12
 
 Explain
to
your
group
that
the
Israelites
had
a
history
of
conflict
with
the
Philistines.
Some
 of
it
took
place
as
early
as
Genesis
(see
Genesis
26,
where
the
prosperity
of
Isaac
leads
to
 trouble
with
the
Philistines),
and
was
especially
intense
during
the
time
that
the
judges
 ruled
over
Israel
(see
Judges
3:31
and
the
story
of
Samson
in
chs.
13‐16;
especially
13:5,
 “the
boy
is
to
be
a
Nazirite,
set
apart
to
God
from
birth,
and
he
will
begin
the
deliverance
of
 Israel
from
the
hands
of
the
Philistines”
and
16:23‐30,
in
which
Samson
destroys
many
 Philistines
through
his
own
death).
 
 So,
this
scene
isn’t
exactly
new
or
surprising.
Israel
was
once
again
in
battle
against
the
 Philistines,
but
this
time
is
different.
This
battle
would
not
be
fought
by
entire
armies.
 Instead,
the
Philistines
sent
out
a
champion.
This
term,
“champion,”
isn’t
used
anywhere
 else
in
the
Old
Testament
and
it
literally
means,
“the
man
who
stands
between
two
armies.”
 The
role
of
a
champion
was
to
walk
out
to
represent
the
entire
army
in
battle.
 
 To
illustrate
what
this
would
have
looked
like,
show
this
clip
from
the
movie
Troy
 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buPRU02T0fU&feature=related).
Be
sure
to
use
THIS
 version
of
the
clip
in
order
to
avoid
some
unfortunate
nudity.
In
this
scene
two
armies
 come
to
battle
and
choose
to
have
the
battle
decided
by
the
conflict
of
two
champions.
 
 This
is
the
same
type
of
thing
that
happened
in
1
Samuel
17.
Goliath,
the
champion
of
the
 Philistines,
came
out
each
day
and
challenged
the
Israelites.
Yet,
the
people
of
Israel
didn’t
 send
a
warrior.
Instead,
the
Bible
tells
us
in
verse
11,
“Saul
and
all
the
Israelites
were
 dismayed
and
terrified.”

 
 Into
this
scene
comes
David,
who
was
sent
by
his
father
to
bring
food
to
his
brothers
and
a
 report
of
their
welfare
back
to
him.
David
did
as
his
father
asked,
and
while
he
was
there,
 he
witnessed
the
scene
they
had
been
living
in
for
over
a
month.
 
 Read
1
Samuel
17:23‐27
 
 After
hearing
the
taunts
of
Goliath,
David
decides
to
respond.

 
 Read
1
Samuel
17:32‐37
 
 Handout:
After
reading
these
verses,
what
do
you
think
it
was
that
gave
David
such
 confidence?
(God’s
previous
faithfulness
in
dangerous
situations)
 
 Handout:
Look
at
the
description
of
Goliath
in
17:4‐7
and
then
at
David’s
description
of
him
 in
verses
26
and
36.
How
did
the
army
of
Israel
view
Goliath?
(As
a
great
champion,
 towering
in
height
and
strong
enough
to
wield
mighty
weapons)
How
did
David
view
 him?
(As
a
“disgrace,”
an
“uncircumcised
Philistine”
who
was
defying
“the
armies
of
 the
living
God.”)
 
 Saul
attempts
to
give
David
his
own
armor,
but,
not
surprisingly,
it
doesn’t
fit.
Instead,
 David
decides
to
take
on
the
giant
using
the
tools
he
was
already
familiar
with
from
serving
 as
a
shepherd.
 
 Read
1
Samuel
17:40
 
 (Optional
teaching
direction:
You
could
talk
to
your
group
about
having
the
courage
 to
be
authentic.
Trying
to
be
someone
else
or
doing
things
outside
of
who
you
really
 are
in
order
to
fit
in
are
signs
of
cowardice
rather
than
courage.
In
the
face
of
the
 battle,
it
took
tremendous
courage
on
the
part
of
David
to
resist
the
ill­fitting
armor.)
 
 Now,
comes
the
real
conflict.

 
 Read
1
Samuel
17:41‐54