Pursue them, he answered. You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.

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1 Intro: Buy the truth and sell it not Proverbs 23:23 David at Ziklag 1 Samuel 30 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way. 3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David s two wives had been captured Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God. 7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, Bring me the ephod. Abiathar brought it to him, 8 and David inquired of the LORD, Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them? Pursue them, he answered. You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue. 9 David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind. 10 Two hundred of them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit. 11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat 12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights. 13 David asked him, Who do you belong to? Where do you come from? He said, I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago. 14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, some territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag. 15 David asked him, Can you lead me down to this raiding party?

2 He answered, Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them. 16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah. 17 David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled. 18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back. 20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, This is David s plunder. 21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were. 22 But all the evil men and troublemakers among David s followers said, Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go. 23 David replied, No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us. 24 Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike. 25 David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this. 26 When David reached Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends, saying, Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD s enemies. 27 David sent it to those who were in Bethel, Ramoth Negev and Jattir; 28 to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa 29 and Rakal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites and the Kenites; 30 to those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athak 31 and Hebron; and to those in all the other places where he and his men had roamed. 1. The blood applied with confession and repentance: power of the blood a. The blood applied by faith Job 1:9 b. The blood takes us into the glory and brings the glory Heb 10:19 We have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus. c. The blood causes the glory to come Lev 16:14 d. One lamb per household Ex 12 e. Believing spouse sanctifies their household 1 Cor 7:14

3 f. The awesome power of communion: Become holy (Lev 6:18), Yeast purged out (1 Cor 5:7 remember Judas), Healing and Deliverance, Strength for the battle (1Sam 21), and glory rests on the blood (Lev 16:14) 2. Holy Spirit brood over, fill, bring change, sanctify, healing, and freedom Gen 1:2 Holy Spirit brooding 2 Cor 3:17 a. The Holy Spirit sanctifies us 1 Peter 1:2 b. The Holy Spirit changes us and gives us Christ s desires and heart 1 Sam 10 Saul changed into a new person and given a new heart. c. Releasing God s kingdom to come and will done on earth as it is in heaven Matt 6:10 3. God s grace to the humble that are dependent on him as the Holy Spirit will do through you what you cannot do in your own strength. James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5 a. Salvation (sozo) comes through faith and grace Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. Sozo means: saved, healed, delivered, do well, prosper, and protection b. God gives his grace to the humble: as the Holy Spirit will live a victorious life through you Abraham Defeats Four Kings and their Armies in Genesis 14 At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim, 2 these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). 4 For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim 6 and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert. 7 Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar. 8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim 9 against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar four kings against five. 10 Now the

4 Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills. 11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away. 12 They also carried off Abram s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom. 13 A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother [b] of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he called out the 318 trained men born in his household and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15 During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 He recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people. 17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King s Valley). 18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying, Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand. Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. 4. Bind and rebuke the enemy: don t be passive but confront 1 Peter 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. a. Submit to God RESIST the devil and he will flee James 4:6-7 b. Jesus actively rebuked satan in the wilderness Matthew 4:1-11 c. David ran at Goliath 1 Sam 17: Chronicles 14:15 As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because that will mean God has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army." 5. Ask God to release his angels to dismantle, destroy, and remove everything of satan s kingdom and replace it with what the Lord desires: Angels bring breakthrough 1 Chron 14:15, Angels protect Ps 91:11-12, Ps 34:7, Angels

5 open up doors for the gospel to spread Matthew 13:39 end of age harvest, Angels are sent in response to our prayers Acts 5:19 Peter delivered from prison Isaac Plants and Reaps 100fold in time of Famine Genesis 26 Now there was a famine in the land besides the previous famine in Abraham s time and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions. 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar. 12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him. 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. 14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. 15 So all the wells that his father s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth. 16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us. 17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them. 6. Matt 6 when you give (30 fold), pray (60 fold), and fast (100 fold) a. Tithing: devourer rebuked, open heaven, outpouring of abundance, nations rise to call us blessed. Malachi 3:6-12 b. Alms to the poor: Delivered in times of trouble, protection and preservation, counted among the blessed of the land, not given over to the desires of your enemies, sustained on a sickbed, and restored to health. Psalm 41 c. Blessing Israel i. God blesses those that bless Israel Gen 12:1-3 ii. Tapping into the blessings given to Abraham Gal 3:13

6 iii. The early gentile church took up an offering for Israel 2 Cor 9 iv. God prospers those that love Israel Psalm 122:6 Jepthah rebukes king of Ammon for saying Israel gave took their land unjustly in Judges Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: What do you have against me that you have attacked my country? 13 The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah s messengers, When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably. 14 Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king, 15 saying: This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites. 16 But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and on to Kadesh. 17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Give us permission to go through your country, but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab, and he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. 18 Next they traveled through the wilderness, skirted the lands of Edom and Moab, passed along the eastern side of the country of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was its border. 19 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, Let us pass through your country to our own place. 20 Sihon, however, did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He mustered all his troops and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel. 21 Then the LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and his whole army into Israel s hands, and they defeated them. Israel took over all the land of the Amorites who lived in that country, 22 capturing all of it from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the desert to the Jordan. 23 Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over? 24 Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess. 25 Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them? 26 For three hundred years Israel occupied Heshbon, Aroer, the surrounding settlements and all the towns along the Arnon. Why didn t you retake them during that time? 27 I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. Let the LORD, the Judge, decide the dispute this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites. 28 The king of Ammon, however, paid no attention to the message Jephthah sent him.

7 29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD: If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering. 32 Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his hands. 33 He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon. God repays Amalekites for their wickedness toward Israel through Saul 1 Sam 15 Samuel said to Saul, I am the one the LORD sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the LORD. 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys. 7. God s courtroom: Divine Justice Yahweh Mishpat a. Ancient of Days and his ways, and persistent widow Luke 18:1-8 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, Grant me justice against my adversary. 4 For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, Even though I don t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won t eventually come and attack me! 6 And the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? Rev 12:12 But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."

8 Rev 13:7 He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. Dan 7:22 The Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom. b. When a thief is caught Prov 6:31, agree with your adversary along the way Matt 5:25 David facing Goliath, facing the Jordan, then facing Jericho took faith to see victory 8. Faith and praise: Pray and believe then receive as you speak to the mountain Mk 11: Have faith in God, Jesus answered. 23 Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, Go, throw yourself into the sea, and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. a. Praise releases warfare on the enemy Is 30: And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. 30 The LORD will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail. 31 The voice of the LORD will shatter Assyria; with his rod he will strike them down. 32 Every stroke the LORD lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm. b. Our words have the power of life and death in them Prov 18:21, Deut 30:19 life and death blessings and curses i. We must have faith in our confession

9 ii. Speaking blessings c. True faith will be tested with time like with Abraham and David d. Stepping out in faith and being a risk taker (Peter walked on the water) Mark 9:23 "Everything is possible for him who believes." Hebrews 6:12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.