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David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father`s sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
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Faith Built on Experience
Commentators explain that David's confidence wasn't youthful arrogance but a faith grounded in real-life experience. He recounts his victories over a lion and a bear not to boast, but as evidence of God's past faithfulness. As one scholar notes, our own experiences of God's help in smaller trials should encourage us to trust Him in larger ones.
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1 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The narrative does not make it certain whether the lion and the bear came on the same occasion or on two different occasions. If it was on one occa…
19th Century
Anglican
Thy servant kept his father’s sheep. — Here follows in the conversation between the king and the boy that simple, brave n…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And David said unto Saul In answer to his objection of inability to encounter with one so superior to him; and this …
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A shepherd lad, who had come that same morning from keeping sheep, had more courage than all the mighty men of Israel. Thus God often sends good wo…
