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e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e good evening to everybody welcome back to free Grace Baptist Church our call to worship this evening uh well just a one quick quick reminder here Mark announced it this morning but as you can see it is the Lord's Supper service this this evening so it's a delight to gather together uh for that commit commanded Sacrament uh of our ascended Christ you turn in your Bibles with me to Psalm 134 for our call to worship Psalm 134 a short but glorious Psalm the word of God a song of a sense behold bless the Lord all you Servants of the Lord who by night stand in the house of the Lord lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord the Lord who made Heaven and Earth bless you from Zion amen well let's stand together and sing our first hymn is going to be Psalm 22 Psalm 22 D is in Delta let's stand together and the end of all the Earth shall the GL all of the earth and worship him all to all the Lord of lords the king of he rules the all all all the Lord of Lord king of king and shall worship Him children glorious all to him the holy K right all gener shall confess to K [Music] let's go to our God In Prayer let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you for this Lord's Day evening we thank you that we can gather here in the name of our savior the Lord Jesus Christ once again for the worship of the one and only living and true God Father Son and Holy Spirit and we confess Lord God Your Divine Perfections and we confess that you are infinite Eternal and unchangeable in all of your glorious Perfections and we do pray that you would help us to hallow your name a right this evening that uh our Christian Hearts would be lifted up to proper worship of our Triune God and we pray that you would by your spirit equip your Saints illumin your Saints uh in this act of worship in these various acts of worship the the preaching of the word prayer the reading of the scriptures the singing of hymns we thank you for all of these things and we thank you that we can gather as well for the observance of the Lord's Supper uh this ordinance given to the church where Believers partake as it were of their lord as the as the bread represents the body of the Lord and the the wine represents his blood we thank you that we can rejoice in his once forall sacrifice rendered for a multitude of Sinners which no man can number we do pray that you'd help us as we continue in worship we long to be those who who don't gather simply for for human considerations but for divine and eternal things we pray that you would help us to worship you then in spirit and in truth that you would take to our minds that they would not wander but that they would be solely focused on on your worship and on the understanding and rejoicing in your word we do pray Lord God that you'd be with those unable to join us uh whether traveling uh or for illness we pray that you would guard and and watch over those who are traveling uh we think of Pastor Butler uh Rebecca uh and Neil or Nathan and Carla returning uh from Armstrong we think of many who are unwell and unable to join join us due to sickness we pray that you would strengthen them watch over them uh do help them in the midst of physical Affliction we pray Lord for all of those struggling uh spiritually that you would help them that you would guard them that you would cause them to uh have that Joy of Salvation return to them we long as well Lord God as we gather together in this church that those who uh are outside of Christ whether young or old who come into this place we pray that you would bless them and strengthen them by your spirit such that they would by your grace come to a knowledge of our savior that you would by amazing and Victorious Grace cause them to know our Christ we long to see many young and old come to a knowledge of the Savior and uh we plead with you the god of the God of all sovereignty the one who by his Victorious Grace can make dead Sinners alive we pray that you would save Sinners and this not only in our midst but throughout the world that you would cause those who are presently opposers uh in unbelief those who oppose Christ in his church by your spirit and by your gospel they would be brought to a knowledge of our precious Christ we do pray Lord God that as we have already prayed that you would now continue with us in worship again help us not to have wandering hearts and minds but those that are uh focused solely and alone upon the worship of Father Son and Holy Spirit and we pray in the name of Jesus Christ Our Savior amen well you can stand with me and sing uh from our hym Psalm 100a Psalm 100a if you'll stand with me and sing [Music] your heart with your is he us she his and his and bless his your the is for [Music] for can turn in your Bibles with me to 1st Samuel 17 1st Samuel 17 we looked at the account the the full account this morning with regards to David and Goliath noting the glory of God in the valley of aah David the champion the representative Champion for the nation of Israel doing what no one in Israel could do that is standing before Goliath the Giant and defending the honor of God and we want to look tonight or we noted only briefly that that particular account of course has christological implications it points forward to the Lord Jesus Christ that greater than David the son of David though David's Lord um who does in essence conquer the giant the devil at his crucifixion and this is not just just Christian uh interpretative um undo Liberties that are taken with the Bible but certainly the very hermeneutic of the Lord himself and the apostles and so I'm going to read 1 Samuel 17 uh beginning at verse 50 and finishing at verse 54 1st Samuel 17 beginning at verse 50 so David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine and killed him but there was no sword in the hand of David therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine took his sword and Drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it and when the Philistines saw that their Champion was dead they fled now the men of Israel in Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley into the gates of ekron and the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to sherim even as far as gath and echon then the children of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and they plundered their tents and David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem but he put his armor in his tent amen let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you for the word of God we thank you for your declaration your revelation to the sons of men uh concerning Christ upon the cross working out the salvation of men and we do praise you for this revelation we pray that you would help us to understand it or right we pray for the ministry of the holy spirit for both preacher and hearer that we might glorify you in this act of worship and we pray in the name of Jesus Christ Our Savior amen well one of the things that we have talked about a lot in this church um on a number of occasions is the the scope of scripture the the the Target or the goal of the Holy scriptures what what is it um Jesus Christ himself tells us in Luke 24 what the scope of scripture is in that post-resurrection Bible study that he gives to his disciples he's he's trying to calm their doubts and their fears and their apprehensions and their sadnesses and he tells them that everything that was written in the scriptures concerned himself he goes to the law the prophets and the Psalms that three-fold summary of the Old Testament scriptures and he teaches them from those scriptures those things concerning himself that they pointed forward to him that they had if you were a a christological trajectory a trajectory towards Christ the Old Testament isn't just a uh a slap together collection of books that talk about The Life and Times of Israel but much rather they are a god breathed collection of books by human authors superintended by The God Who God breathed those scriptures that have one sole targeted name and that is to declare Christ as the representative champion of his people a number of persons theologians throughout history athanasius for those who understand the scriptures in a manner in a Christian manner recognize that the whole purpose of the inspired word is to declare the coming of the Lord in the flesh and to announce beforehand his coming as the Fulfillment of all things Martin Luther take Christ out of the scriptures and what will you find remaining in them John Calvin we ought to read the scriptures with the express design of finding Christ in them whoever shall turn aside from this object though he may weary himself through the whole of his life in learning will never attain to the knowledge of the truth and Spurgeon from every text in the Bible there is a road to Christ my dear brother do not ever think that you have got through a sermon until you have brought your people to see the Christ of it so the Old Testament the scriptures as a whole point to the Lord Jesus Christ the Old Testament in anticipation the New Testament declaring the accomplishment of what had been anticipated so then when we consider the occasion of David versus Goliath what do we find with regards to a foreshadowing of Christ to sum it up Gregory of naanis Christ is the true David who went forth to battle not with sword and armor but with his Divine humility Conquering the mighty Goliath the Tyrant Satan through the weapon of his own suffering and death so let's have a look here at 1st Samuel 17 a number of things and we're going to look at it in this way 12 points of Shadow and substance regarding David and Christ from the battle in the valley of aah so 12 points of Shadow and substance that is David as the shadow Christ as the substance the New Testament particularly the book of Hebrews speaks about Shadow and substance that the old Covenant was marked by things which were shadowy they weren't the full substance of the thing that full substance came with Christ assuming our humanity and being our substitutionary representative for the Perfection of Salvation so old Covenant shadow y things New Covenant the substance of those shadows and here we have the shadow David and the substance Christ and so the first of these 12 things we want to note and we're going to look at some uh the text of 1st Samuel 17 and then move to Christ in New Testament accomplishment notice first then in these 12 points of Shadow and substance the little town of Bethlehem in 1st Samuel 17 at verse 12 notice what we read there now David was the son of that ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah whose name was Jesse and who had eight Sons if you flip back to 1st Samuel 16 you'll notice at Verse 18 in the account of the the discovery if you will the anointing of David as king notice 1st Samuel 16:18 then one of the servants answered and said look I have seen a son a son of Jesse the Bethlehem might who is skillful in playing a mighty man of Valor a man of war prudent in speech and a handsome person and the Lord is with him now of course you know where we're going now you can turn with me to Luke Chapter 2 and we want to note while you're turning there that the it's not simply a coincidence that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of EPA wow is didn't that work out great that Jesus was born in in Bethlehem no it was by Divine Design that the son of David even David's Lord according to his Humanity would be born in the very city of David notice in Luke Chapter 2 beginning at verse one and it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered this census first took place while corineus was governing Syria so all went to be registered everyone to his own City Joseph also went up From Galilee out of the city of Nazareth into Judea to the city of David which is is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and lineage of David to be registered with Mary his betroth wife who was with child so it was that while they were there the days were completed for her to be delivered and she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a Manger because there was no room for them in the end so there in this narrative account in Luke's gospel we see the confirmation the affirm of the Fulfillment of the Shadow the substance Christ being born in the city of David which is called Bethlehem notice later in the Angel's declaration at verse 10 then the angel said to themo not be afraid for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people for there is born to you this day in the city of David a savior who is Christ the lord so again it's not simply Nar you know interesting narrative information that back in 1st Samuel 17 we have Samuel by under divine inspiration noting the birthplace of this representative Champion David it is because the greater story is the christological the Christ centered Story the conquest of a greater deith Goliath by a greater David Jesus Christ himself in fulfillment of Isa Isaiah 11:1 uh announces himself at the end of The Book of Revelation as the one who is the root and offspring of David the bright and Morning Star and so Jesus Christ um is the one who with respect to substance overshadow comes forth from Bethlehem and the illusion not the illusion the direct reference to David being from Bethlehem is to draw us forward to the greater than David David who would sever the head as it were of Satan himself notice secondly the shepherd King the shepherd King David is introduced as a humble Shepherd who comes uh to this Warfield to this battlefield not as a warrior um but as one simply tending to the flock of his father notice if we go back for a moment to first uh 1st Samuel 16 and verse 11 we'll notice there where David was during the seeking of a king in first Samuel 16 at verse 11 we read and Samuel said to Jesse are all the young men here then he said there remains yet the youngest and there he is keeping the sheep and we move to the the passage that we read this morning 1st Samuel 17 at verse 15 notice the language there but David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father father sheep at Bethlehem so why are we noting this second Point as the shepherd King well because David is Anointed as king over Israel now there is going to be a stretch of time where uh Saul after this particular uh anointing is of course persecuting him the nation of Israel Saul chasing him the Philistines uh seeking to destroy him as well at times David taking recourse amongst the Philistines there's a a whole story a whole back and forth that obtains in the life of David but at this point he is a king and he is a shepherd and of course hopefully your minds are turning as we even introduced the this second point the shepherd King David is the shadowy shepherd King of the greater substance Shadow King that is uh uh the greater Shepherd King there's too many s's and H's and and words in there but the the greater Shepherd King the Lord Jesus Jesus Christ when we come to The Narrative of the New Testament what do we find that Christ is of course the shepherd King he announces himself as I am the Good Shepherd who gives his life for the Sheep David goes out as a Shepherd to give his life for the the Sheep of Israel God's own flock and Christ in the fullness of the times as the greater David comes forth and this is prophetically announced if we if we have a connection here you can turn to 2 Samuel for a moment 2 Samuel 52 because there's a sort of a a divinely recognized prophetically recognized reality of David being a sent Shepherd more than simply The Shepherd of sheep but the shepherd of men notice in 2 Samuel 5 uh at verse one then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke saying indeed we are your bon in your flesh also in time past when Saul was King over us you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in and the Lord said to you you shall Shepherd My People Israel and be ruler over Israel so there we see this announcement of God with respect the recognition the Divine recognition of David as the shepherd King well we move forward in Redemptive history and you can turn with me to Ezekiel 34 we have similar language prophetically announced by the prophet Ezekiel here and we see its connection connecting David and Christ this sort of davidic christological bridge if you will it's a new phrase but um a a a davidic christological bridge from The Shepherd of the Old Testament Shepherd King of the Old Testament to the shepherd King of the new notice in Ezekiel 34 at verse 23 three I will establish one Shepherd over them and he shall feed them my servant David he shall feed them and be their Shepherd and I the Lord will be their God and my servant David a prince among them I the Lord have spoken now you might be saying well you know big deal isn't Ezekiel just talking about David well in a way but Ezekiel is many hundreds of years after the death of David and so Ezekiel is announcing oun in a New Covenant reality that David that is Christ will be the shepherd over his people my servant David he shall feed them and be their Shepherd I the Lord will be their God I the Lord have spoken so Jesus Christ is the shepherd King who comes to his people to redeem them spiritually to feed them spiritually and to protect his flock you can turn to Revelation 17 for a moment just for a particular connection here re excuse me Revelation 7 notice at Revelation 7 when you get there verse 16 they shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore so this is revelation 7:16 the sun shall not strike them nor any heat for the lamb who is in the midst of the throne will Shepherd them and lead them to living Fountains of water and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes isn't that a a a very interesting and wonderful verse the lamb is also a Shepherd for the lamb who is in the midst of the throne will Shepherd them and lead them Jesus Christ is the substance Shepherd king of David the shadow Shepherd King David pointing forward to his son according to the flesh but his Lord according to the Majesty of divinity thirdly notice the helplessness of the elect in the face of the enemy if you find your way back to 1st Samuel 17 the the helpless the helplessness of the elect of God in the face of the enemy notice that 1st Samuel 7:11 and then verse 24 we noted this this morning with regard to the cowardice the fear of the Israelites in the face of that blaspheming giant notice 1st Samuel 17 at verse 10 and the Philistines said I defy the armies of Israel this day give me a man that we may fight together when Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine they were dismayed and greatly afraid verse 24 we see the same language and all the men of Israel when they saw the man that is Goliath fled from him and were dread y afraid so we have this obvious helplessness on the part of the elect of God God's chosen Theocratic people in this context they are very fearful in the face of the enemy in the face of the enemy in the face of death uh in the face of opposition we have when Christ comes a very similar thing the elect of God prior to coming forth by the grace of God to belief in Jesus Christ are marked by a hopelessness and they are marked by a fear you can turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2 Hebrews chapter two we're noting the connection between the prefigurement and the Fulfillment the Shadow and substance between the hopelessness of the people of God in David's day and the hopelessness and fear of the of the people of God in the New Testament and in our own day notice Hebrews 2 beginning at verse 14 in as much then as the children have partaken of Flesh and Blood he himself that is Christ likewise shared in the same that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death that is the devil and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage for indeed he does not we could say take on the nature of angels but he does take on the nature of the Seed of Abraham so we have here the remarking that the people of God the one of the the purposes of the Lord Jesus Christ in his redeeming activity in his saving Perfection is to make those marked by helplessness and fear in the face of evil and the opposition of sin and death and hell to make those such who are confident and steadfast to the end those who stand not in the fear uh not in the fear of men uh not in the fear of sin and death and hell but rather who stand gloriously in the fear of God because of a conquering substitute even Jesus Christ the lord and we'll see something as it has to do with confidence in a number of moments but remember that scene you can turn with me to Revelation 12 and while you're turning there remember remember that scene that we noted this morning where where Goliath is going morning and evening to interrupt the shama that uh that religious Act of the armies of Israel that religious Act of Israel whereby they declare their Fidelity to the one God uh here o Israel the Lord Our God the Lord is one uh we will love the Lord Our God with all our heart mind soul uh and strength God commands the nation of Israel to engage in that particular shama and it was the case it was the case that at the time of that battle um that battle that stalemate rather remember for 40 days uh Goliath is coming forth and he's morning and evening interrupting the shama in an act of blasphemy and Defiance he's uh he's coming to them morning and evening with Relentless taunting and sparking this and init in if you will this fear and this hopelessness and this fleeing from this ominous evil we'll notice in Revelation 12 with respect to Christ and the devil in Revelation 12 notice at verse 10 then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven now salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come for the accuser of our Brethren who accused them before our God day and night has been cast down what what did David do to Goliath that accuser of the Brethren who came forth day and night blaspheming the god of Israel blaspheming and opposing the armies of the god of Israel was cast down by David here Christ the greater David is marked as that one who brings salvation and strength the kingdom of God the power of Christ and he deals a death blow to the accuser of the Brethren who accused them day and night we have this wonderful substance fulfillment of that shadow reality that David brings uh a conquering act to the one who is instilling in instilling fear upon the people of God we want to notice fourthly the servant son sent by the father to his people if you turn back to 1st Samuel 17 we're doing this deliberately hopefully not annoyingly for you going back and forth in the Bible hopefully you enjoy that uh first Samuel 17 uh we want to notice the servant son sent by the father to his people we're doing this deliberately as we're engaging in a remembrance tonight of the Lord God's uh the Lord Christ's work uh on our behalf remember we're gathering together to remember the Lord's death till he comes again and hopefully this is an exercise of seeing the wisdom of God in biblical Revelation again we don't just have a slapping together of a bunch of ancient and Dusty books uh you know with various stories of you know cool things in The Life and Times of Israel and In The Life and Times of Christ we have ultimately one superintending author the Triune God Of Heaven and Earth who uh who used tools of Revelation the prophets the apostles the uh men and women of old who used these and who brought forth to us not simply a not a fictional story but a unified account that arrives at one particular Confluence many streams of Revelation that arrive at one particular Confluence and that Confluence is the substitute Christ Our representative champion who deals the death blow to sin death and hell and saves a multitude uh of sons that he brings to Glory notice again then getting back to the servant son sent by the father to his his people 1st Samuel 17 uh 17 beginning at verse 17 then Jesse said to his son David take now for your brothers an EA of this dried grain and these 10 Loaves and run to your brothers at the camp and carry these 10 cheeses to the captain of their thousand and see how your brothers fare and bring back news of them now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of AA fighting with the Philistines so David Rose early in the morning left the sheep with a keeper and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him so this servant son David and how do we know he's a servant well we would know from 1st Samuel 16 hopefully we get it implicitly by this particular case but remember that David uses the language of servant in verse 32 then David said to Saul let no man's heart fail because of him your servant will go and fight with this Philistine and hopefully then your Christian minds are thinking again the the servant son sent by the father to his people Christ is that greater servant son who was sent by his father to his people how many times do we read in the Gospel of John for example as Pastor Butler has been working through that gospel where we see Jesus Christ declaring that he is sent by the father that he does whatever the father says that he comes to do the will of the father who sent him he comes to his own to uh to deliver salvation and the revelation of the kingdom of God just as David was sent by his father to his own for a particular task ultimately for the Conquering of the enemy of God and so we have this servant son Motif that connects both David or David to Christ and we have a very interesting thing here as well with regards to the delivery of food by King David um you remember that account in John's go it's not only in John's gospel but in John chapter 6 particularly where Jesus feeds the the 5,000 with uh with bread and fish he he comes and he he brings physical sustenance to that gathered assembly but the point there is not to feed them with physical food the purpose there or the point is that Christ is the bringer of spiritual food he even uses the language of eating his own flesh and drinking his blood in so far as using that physical eating reality to say that whoever hungers or thirsts will be such who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ Jesus declares himself as the servant sent by the father who is the bread of life who feeds his people not with physical food though he does that miraculously but for the point of highlighting the greater feeding that spiritual feeding as The Shepherd of the sheep notice fifthly the rejection of the sent son both David and Christ are servant Sons sent by the father to his people a father to their people and now notice fifthly the rejection of the sent sons who are sent by their respective fathers to their people first off with d Avid 1st Samuel 17 and verse 28 now elab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men and eliab's anger was aroused against David and he said why did you come down here and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness I know your pride and the insolence of your heart for you have come down to see the battle and we see later of course with with respect to Saul um he rejects David's initial request to fight the Giant in verse 33 you are not able to go against this Philistine there's an obvious rejection of David which points us forward typologically to the substance Christ who is rejected in coming to his people remember John 1:1 he came to his own and his own did not receive him his his life of ministry is can be summed up uh really by The Words of Christ the foxes have their whole HS and the birds of the air have their nests but the son of man has nowhere to rest his head not not simply by because he lived a life generally of poverty but because and also he was constantly chased and sought to be killed murdered by those who opposed him he went to his own and his own rejected him his own did not receive him his ministry was met with disbelief his ministry was met with mockery especially by his own family and and his own Hometown you know elab here rejects elab David's brother rejects Christ uh rejects David Eli David's brother eliab rejects David Christ's brothers and his family reject him as well so we have this rejection of the sent son we have sixthly single combat against a terrible foe going alone against the enemy we're we're we're getting particularly to that point that we observe in the Lord's Supper the the death of Christ in this connection between David and Christ we have both engaging in single combat against a terrible foe we obviously know that with David He Goes Forth alone to meet Goliath armed not with armor remember he removes it armed not with sword and Spear and Javelin but simply a sling five smooth stones and a shepherd's pouch no one stands with him Saul doesn't join him you know the the the armies of Israel don't say you know what let's cancel this single combat and let's together fight against the enemies of God no David goes out alone to fight this terrible foe Christ in his passion confronts the forces of Darkness alone you can turn with me to Isaiah 6 3 Isaiah 63 and we'll see in a moment also that there's a connection drawn between the single combat of David and Goliath and the single combat of Christ and the devil in the wilderness in the desert tempting in in for example Matthew 4 but notice first off in Isaiah 63 Isaiah 63 at verse3 I have trotten the wine press alone and from the peoples no one was with me and I have trotten them in my anger and trampled them in my Fury their blood is sprinkled upon my garments and I have stained all my robes when we when we get to the New Testament we see texts similarly spoken texts similarly written with uh concerning this part particular theme notice and you don't have to turn there but if you can turn there Matthew 26 and 56 uh 55 in that hour Jesus said to the multitudes you have come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to take me I sat daily with you teaching in the temple and you did not seize me but all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled then all the disciples forsook him and fled hopefully you see the connection here we we see David going out to conquer an enemy alone and Christ in the hour of Darkness going out to conquer an enemy alone there was a there was a beforehand occasion of single combat in the wilderness remember when the spirit drives Christ out into the Wilderness after Christ's baptism by John the Baptist Christ is driven out into that Wilderness tempting and as a as Spurgeon would say the lion of the tribe of Judah goes toet totoe with the lion of the pit in that in that desert exchange we have Christ going out for an exercise of single combat against an enemy against a giant or a Goliath if you will and that's simply a foreshadowing of Christ's single combat victory over the devil at golgatha this is Lancelot Andrews David went forth alone to meet Goliath when none of the people of Israel would venture their lives so Christ went forth alone against the powers of darkness when none else could he alone is found the Conqueror having spoiled principalities and powers and made a show of them openly we see that wonderful occasion in Revelation CH 5 with regards to first off a sad scene John the the Revelator um is remarking that no one is able to take this particular scroll out of the hand of God and the what ensues after it this initial sort of expression of sadness is glorious Revelation 54 so I wept much because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll or to look at it but one of the elders said to Meo not weep Behold The Lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seals so we have this wonderful occasion where no one is able to go forth to do a might thing and it's only the Conqueror Christ the root of David the lion of the tribe of Judah who is able to do so and that's why the Angels uh the living creatures the four living creatures the four Elders fall down before the lamb and sing this new song saying you are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals for you were slain and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and Nation this single combat that Victory against a terrible foe we have the use of seemingly insignificant Weaponry I'll just breath uh Breeze through this to note that David strikes Goliath with a stone a remember insignificant weapon remember how Goliath is decked out in 125 pounds of armor with a sword and a spear and a javelin and A man carrying a shield in front of him David with no armor but with a sling and five smooth stones and a shepherd pouch goes out Christ as many have noted uses the humble Stone of the Cross to defeat Satan and destroy the power of sin if we if we were to read 1 Corinthians 1 and 1 Corinthians 2 we would note that Paul is remarking after the way God operates he uses the base and the small things to confound the things that are big and mighty we have David coming with seemingly insignificant ific Weaponry in this account with Goliath we have Christ in the fullness of times as the substance of that former Shadow being the rock of offense that defeats Satan the cross that stumbling stone that defeats Goliath that is the Satan of opposition this is once again Lancelot Andrews I think I've said it before if anybody has is with child and they're going to have a son I recommend Lancelot to you in fact Marissa I'll I'll recommend men to Marissa that if she has a boy it can be Lancelot Lancelot Andrews Hoff um but Lancelot says this David when he went against Goliath took no weapon with him but a staff and by that staff he overcame him and with Goliath's own sword cut off his head so Christ when he went to be tempted by Satan carried no weapon but a staff the staff of God's word this is with respect to the Wilderness tempting and with that alone he overthrew the great Goliath of hell and vanquished him utterly eighthly we have the vicarious representation of his people we're we're drawing to a close here with the last few points that I can work work quickly through to get the message across to prepare our minds for the Lord's Supper but vicarious representation of his people whe you know when we when we think of the Lord Jesus Christ that thought ought to come to our minds vicarious that means in the place of instead of a substitute the vicarious representation of his people David goes out and he represents the nation of Israel represents his King and nation in battle against this blaspheming opposer Christ does the same for us for the nation of Israel by David it's a physical conquering there is obviously a spiritual reality there the god of the armies of Israel are being is being defied the vict Victory itself though is one that is marked by a physicality the the the non-shedding of blood at least on the part of the armies of Israel uh the the Philistines don't fa so well but it's a physical conquering with respect to Christ he is the vicarious the substitute the the vicarious representative for his people so we engage in the Lord's Supper here shortly we should have that Upon Our Minds that we were not holy we were not undefiled we were not harmless we did not obey the law of God in fact with every second and with every breath we disobey the law of God and we found guilty before God in our sin but Christ comes as the Blessed representative what do we need we need a righteousness that avails with God we were of course not actively obedient to the law of God but our blessed Christ Our vicarious representative that son of David and David's Lord came in the fullness of the times and was perfectly obedient to the law of God in our place a a representative a a vicarious representative we also of course need the Forgiveness of sins we have violated the law of God and so we need that precious blood shed for the Forgiveness of sins and and Christ brings that vicariously he sheds his blood not not as just simply some expression of Love though love is most greatly expressed there but he sheds his blood upon calvary's cross so as to perfectly atone perfectly secure the salvation of a multitude which no man can number as we engage in the Lord's supper we're not we're to examine ourselves yes but we're not to examine ourselves to the point as we've noted before of PL Protestant flagellation where we wallow in our sins and seek to somehow self atone with our own sadness and our own grief when we acknowledge our sins we are immediately and quickly to fly to the advocate for Sinners Jesus Christ the righteous it is in a front to the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ for you to wallow in your sins should you grieve over them yeah but you shouldn't spend hour upon hour day upon day grieving and wallowing in sin because it's an it's an affront to the one who came into this world to save you from your sins acknowledge your sin Express grief absolutely but within a matter of seconds come sweetly softly and repentantly and humbly to that Fountain which is open for sin and for uncleanness Jesus Christ came as the vicarious representative and I want to draw one important note that's very interesting turn back with me to 1st Samuel uh 1st Samuel 17 we're we're we're going to we're going to end um a little bit quickly I'm going to highlight some key points so that we can get to the Lord's supper but there are some things here that are very valuable to point out notice in 1st Samuel going back to 1st Samuel 17 we want to see something with respect to David being a prophet a priest and a king when we speak about the mediatorship of the Lord Jesus Christ we speak about his office a three-fold mediatorial office he's Prophet priest and King we have David of course a king he's already been anointed as king he's not officially in that role yet but as the promised and anointed king he does kingly things in this occasion with Goliath He Goes Forth Valiant in battle and slays the giant blasphemer he's a prophet because we see himself not only engaging in historical retrospect that God has saved me from lion and bear but he says that God will deliver me from this this giant Philistine but notice with respect to his priesthood Deuteronomy or not Deuteronomy notice first in 1st Samuel 17 uh this language when we when he talks about um when he calls upon them to not to let their hearts not be troubled uh we see in verse 32 then David said to Saul let no man's heart fail because of him your servant will go and fight with the the Philistine now what sort of connection are we drawing here I want you to turn to Deuteronomy 20 for a moment because it's a wonderful connection here David in effect acting here as a priest uh in Deuteronomy chapter 20 beginning at verse one notice what we read there and this connects back to the shama remember what we talked about that the priest would go out before the battle and he would lead the nation of Israel in the confession of the shama here o Israel the Lord Our God the Lord is one Deuteronomy 21 that's 20 verse one not 21 when you go to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you do not be afraid of them for the Lord your God is with you who brought you up from the land of Egypt so it shall be when you are on the verge of battle that the priest shall approach and speak to the people and he shall say to them here o Israel today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies now note do not let your heart faint do not be afraid and do not tremble or be terrified because of them for the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you what what is David sort of saying there when he says let your hearts not fail because of this giant I'm going to go forth and fight against this giant he's calling upon upon the nation of Israel to remember the command of God to remember the Hope instilled by God to the people of Israel that he goes before them to fight he's acting as a priest perhaps because of the priest's failure in this context And he as it were rehearses the shama with them encouraging them that by the one God in opposition to Dagon in opposition to belzebubs and asteros the one and only living in TR true God will have blessed Victory I want to just summarize with some of these remaining points the vicarious representative we noticed just now we would notice of course that there is this skull Motif in accord with the Divine promise of Genesis 3:15 it's no mistake that David hits Goliath in the head and then severs his head it's a continuation of the promise that the hero Christ born of a woman will crush the head of the serpent there are other such instances that continue that skull crushing Motif until such time that the Christ comes and conquers the devil at the cross with which is the decisive blow and the the full substance of all of those previous Shadows there's an interesting legendary approach to golgatha you know that the Bible calls golgatha the place of the skull uh in the account of 1st Samuel 17 David brings the skull the head of Goliath to Jerusalem uh now is it called the place of the skull because David brought the head of Goliath there and announced Victory and showed with open shame the victory Of God over you know over wickedness over opposition over evil and Pagan idolatry I like to think so that that you know that's the place where David brought Goliath's skull now other people say that it's because the formation of the rock looks like a a skull others say because people are executed there but their skulls wouldn't be there an older and a more Legend an older account an older legendary account is the place of the skull golgatha is where Adam's head is buried and that at the crucifixion Christ's blood shed spilt upon the skull of Adam as a symbolic as a as a symbolic gesture of the victory over over death and the serpent but all of that to come back to at least this that golgatha is a substance uh has substance glory in fulfilling that shadowy stuff of David conquering Goliath by striking him in the head and severing his head bringing it in Victory to Jerusalem uh 10 was Victor I can send these to you if you ask me for them 10 is Victory bringing deliv deliverance and courage to the people of God 11 is The Spoils of Victory B uh 12 and lastly is the Battle of the Glory Battle For the Glory of God's name but on the note of The Spoils of Victory let's just listen to these quotes in closing this is irenaeus the Lord through his passion bound the strong man and set free Humanity from his power making a spectacle of him as David did Goliath whose head he lifted high for all to see the victory bead the venerable which is a great name David carrying the head of Goliath to Jerusalem foreshadows Christ carrying his cross to the same city where he made a spectacle of the prince of this World proclaiming Victory through the shame of the Cross and lastly Spurgeon David took Goliath's head and set it on a pole for all to see in like manner Christ lifted High his cross where he made a spectacle of principalities and Powers there the Serpent's head was bruised and sin was put to open shame I think in closing when we read the Old Testament we we need to read it with Christian eyes we are supposed to read it with Christian eyes eyes that see Christ it was Nehemiah Cox an old uh Reformed Baptist particular Baptist brother who said in all our search after the mind of God in the holy scriptures we are to manage our inquiries according to Christ so when we come to the account of David and Goliath I think we rightly have a Lord's Supper meditation David points us forward to Christ the Greater shepher King the greater conqueror that greater Prophet priest and King that greater one who would conquer not a physical foe but would conquer the spiritual foe of all foes the Devil Himself Christ interestingly David uses Goliath's sword David uses the weapon of the enemy to cut off the head of the enemy in like fashion Christ uses death the weapon of the enemy Satan himself to crush the very enemy who brought death into this world what a glorious Christ that we have when we remember our blessed savior now in the Lord's supper we're remembering not one who has died and who stays dead but one who died for us and who rose again for us who saves a multitude of Sinners that no man can can number from every trib tongue people and Nation what a glorious Victory our greater than David Christ had over that greater than Goliath so believer as we partake of the Lord's Supper rejoice in this conquering Savior and unbeliever rejoice in this conquering savior we would pray that God in his Divine sovereignty and by the power of Grace would bring you forth from deadness to life the Bible says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved what a glorious thing to be found not with the Enemy Goliath that blasphemer of blasphemers second to the devil but to be found in Christ not having our own righteousness which is from the law but that which is by faith in Christ that righteousness which comes from God through faith rest upon Christ and you're resting upon the champion of Champions let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you for your word we rejoice in your goodness of your the goodness of your Revelation to us and we pray that you would help us Lord God to rest upon Christ to see in him uh our blessed Champion our uh our vicarious representative who came into this world Sinners to save we thank you that we can be found in him by Amazing Grace and we pray that you would save such who are in this place tonight that are outside of Christ that by your Amazing Grace and by the word proclaimed you would call them forth from deadness to life that they would see the Light of Christ and rejoice in the champion of Salvation and we do pray as we go into now the Lord's Supper that you'd be with us help us uh to rejoice in this uh Sacrament this ordinance given by our Lord Christ it's a it's an interesting occasion of both Joy and solemnity we do pray that you'd help us in this to remember our savior till he comes again and we pray in his name amen you can turn in your Bibles with me to the gospel of Matthew the Gospel of Matthew very interestingly in Matthew 26 where we have the institution of the Lord's Supper we have Christ instituting it at the Passover we noted earlier from Revelation that Christ is the Lamb who is also the shepherd well here in the midst of a Passover the shepherd Christ who is also the Lamb of God is engaging in a remembrance that concerns the blood of lamb uh that essentially saves the nation of is Israel and um uh with regards to that Egyptian Exodus we have the remembrance of the blood of the Lamb uh proceeding forth in the Salvation in The Exodus and we have Christ as the Lamb of God who is also the Shepherd in the midst of that old Covenant Sacrament um instituting the Lord's Supper the New Testament Sacrament I I mean I said a lot of things there and it probably didn't come out the best but it's a glorious thing that the Lamb of God who is The Shepherd of God is in an institution that remembers The Exodus but points forward to himself is instituting this Lord's Supper where we remember his death till he comes again um I'm going to read the the portion in Matthew 26 uh when uh before we take both the bread and the wine but just some reminders for everybody that this is an ordinance for believers this is an ordinance for Christians um if you're not a Christian you're not to partake of the Lord's Supper um and if you're a Christian who is presently living unrepentantly um 1 Corinthians 11 calls you to examine yourselves and if you for whatever reason in UN in unrepentance uh um deem it proper not to take okay but remember that would be obedience to 1 Corinthians 11 but remember what we just said with regards to wallowing in our sin if you're currently a an unrepentant Christian at a particular point of sin that you're for whatever reason latching on to or not repenting of repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ not that you've lost your salvation because that can never be in light of a of a valiant Champion Christ but Christ is faithful to forgive us of our sins that Advocate with the father forgives us so if you're presently uh hanging on latching on to a particular sin repent immediately find Mercy and take of the Lord's Supper in the Lord's Supper the bread is not changing into the body of the Lord Jesus Christ the the wine is not changing into the blood of Christ uh we don't believe in that blasphemy of transubstantiation that the Roman Catholic Church believes in similarly we don't believe in consubstantiation that Lutheran approach which say which says that the uh the body is sort of with that's different language but sort of with the the the bread and the the blood is uh um uh is sort of with uh the wine not full transubstantiation but just with those particular elements these don't change as if that could be uh as if that could be possible our confession calls it repugnant to scripture and to Common Sense and the stuff of manifold superstitions simply and gloriously the Lord Jesus Christ is with us in our midst he walks amongst his lampstands ascended at the right hand of God he sends forth his spirit and by our partaking in the bread and in the wine he is with us and strengthens us in our faith just as he does in prayer just as he does in the preaching of the word just as he does in all of these elements of worship what do these things do they they strengthen our faith Christ feeds us as as sure as the bread and the wine are to our are to our physical senses the Lord Jesus Christ is spiritually to us we feed upon Christ spiritually as we feed upon the bread and the wine physically and so it's a blessed thing to now partake of the Lord's Supper excuse me I'll ask the brothers to come forward and to hand out the bread and while they're doing that you can remain seated and we will sing hymn number 336 hymn number 336 just a uh also a reminder that when the wine comes around the juice is in the outer ring but I'll say that again let's remain seated and sing 336 [Music] with [Music] was here I [Music] myor to [Music] me for and I for [Music] in Matthew 26 at verse 26 we read and as they were eating Jesus Took bread blessed and broke it and gave it to the disciples and said take eat this is my body let us pray Heavenly Father we thank you that we can now partake of this bread as we participate in this Sacrament so long ago uh ordained and so long ago instituted by our savior the Lord Jesus Christ we know that this this bread points to his body broken upon calvary's cross that he received a breach upon breach in his body because we breach upon breach have broken the law of God we thank you that he died in our stead in order to secure to perfectly secure our Salvation we thank you for the Forgiveness of sins and we pray that you would help us as we partake to reflect gloriously upon our conquering champion and we pray in Christ's name amen let's take together you can turn in your Bibles with me to hymn number 340 stay seated the brothers will come up and hand out uh pass out the wine notice that the juice is in the outer ring the wine in the inner ring Let's uh remain seated seated and we'll sing 340 as a church together [Music] all all their [Music] my all my [Music] all my [Music] shall our heart and shall [Music] the [Music] the [Music] church [Music] sing chch God to sing [Music] in Matthew 26 we continue reading at verse 27 then he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying drink from it all of you for this is my blood of the New Covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins but I say to you I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when when I drink it new with you in my father's Kingdom and when they had sung A Hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives amen well let us pray Heavenly Father we thank you that we can now partake of this wine and we rejoice in the fact that we can engage in this second emblem the emblem that points to the shed blood of our savior the Lord Jesus Christ that blood of the New Covenant and we know that that uh blood was not shed in vain but that it was shed in great Victory and with perfection that uh that All For Whom that blood was shed will come to everlasting life and we thank you for that Perfection of atonement we thank you for uh that definite atonement where it is not one of maybe or perhaps but one where Jesus Christ has perfectly secured the F the the Forgiveness of a multitude and we just rejoice in this truth we pray as we partake that we would reflect upon So Glorious a Salvation that we would reflect upon Our Savior who died but who now ever lives interceding for us and we pray in his precious name amen let's take together let's stand together and sing our our final hymn before a a benediction to be read is 352 let's stand and sing 352 together [Music] the of God through his s to Hallelujah sh my seal my heart hallelu we of [Music] hallelu is was his [Music] hallu glorious K all his to will sing [Music] hallelu now may the God of Peace who brought up our lord Jesus from the dead that great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant make you complete in every good work to do his will working in you what is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever amen Heavenly Father we thank you for this Lord's day we rejoice in the opportunity the the freedom the the Glorious honor it is to gather together as the Saints of Christ for the worship of our Triune God we thank you for this we pray that you would help us to reflect even as we speak with one another now as we go forth with the remainder of our Lord's day as we rest our heads that we would reflect with great G Glory upon our our conquering Champion the Lord Jesus Christ that that one who came into this world in the fullness of the times to secure perfect salvation for a multitude we rejoice in our precious savior as as we reflect upon ourselves our own sin our own violation of your law uh timing again with with deed and breath and with thought we would just rejoice in the fact that in your goodness and according to your good pleasure you brought us forth by your Amazing Grace by gospel and spirit and we do pray that that you just help us to think of you throughout the week that we would not be Sunday Christians but that going into this week each and every day we would rejoice in our Triune God that we would rejoice in our Christ that we would sing the Praises of Amazing Grace and we pray in Christ's name amen well we'll have a brief time of prayer when the piano is finished you're dismissed e e e