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Saturday 14 August 2010

Bible Bad Boys: Goliath--Arrogance Personified

Bible Bad Boys: Goliath--Arrogance Personified

Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hands.
1 Samuel 17:47

Recommended Reading
1 Samuel 17:1-58

The American Heritage Dictionary says that arrogance is "marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others." Based on that definition, if there was ever an arrogant person in history, it was the Philistine named Goliath. Goliath was massively superior to normal human beings and had the entire Israelite army quaking in their sandals.

But it was God's plan to use a young boy to prove that arrogance is the doorway to destruction. God sent David out to fight Goliath armed with simple weapons: a sling and five smooth stones. David's words to Goliath sum up the heart of arrogance and why it can never stand: "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied" (1 Samuel 17:45). Arrogance exalts human superiority while true strength exalts the superiority of God.

Never wear the armor of arrogance into battle. The helmet of humility is all the protection you need.

God deliberately sets Himself in array against arrogance.
John Blanchard

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