Ep 056 (S3E12) Five Smooth Stones - Pt 5

May I have a WORD with you?

References:

• David selected five smooth stones to fight Goliath. 1 Sam 17
  • Our fifth “smooth” Biblical stone for fighting the giants
    • Exit, way out - ἔκβασις (ek'-bas-is) 1 Cor 10:13
      • He who fights and runs away...
      • Context - 1 Corinthians 10
        • OT examples
        • The way out God provides is not cowardice.
        • It preserves purity of faith through
          • orthodoxy
          • koinonia (the faith community)
          • The meal and prayer
    • 1 Timothy 6:11-12
      • Run [φεύγω (fyoo'-go)] from all evil things
        • 1 Cor 10:14 MSG - from idolotry
          • “reducing God to something they can use or control”
        • 1 Cor 6:18 - fornication
        • 2 Tim 2:22 - childish indulgence
      • Fight the good fight of faith
        • James 4:7 - the devil will flee!
    • Hebrews 13:7 - the outcome (ἔκβασις) of their way of life
      • “8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas.”
      • Run to “the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.” - Acts 2:42