Facing the Giants - Part V

1 Samuel 17:38-40  And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.  Boy I like this!  We are living in a day and age when more and more Christians and Churches are compromising, just to reach more people. As a result there has been a watering down and a lukewarm type of Christianity.  You see Saul said, "David if you are going to have success and victory then you need some new weapons."  Saul gave David a sword and some armour to go with it, but David rejected it. The key point here is David did not want to use something new, but rather stick with what was already proven to work. In essence David was saying, "I am going to use what God has blessed and used in the past!"  Listen to me, what we need today in America and in churches all across this land is not something "new!"  No sir! What we need is, "Give me that old time religion, give that old time religion, give that old time religion it's good enough for me. It was good for Paul and Silas, it was good for grandma and grandpa and bless God it is still good enough today!  We do not need a new Bible, we don't need more contemporary Christian music, what we need to do is get back to what has worked in the past. I'm talking about the religion of what worked in Whitefield's, Spurgeon's, Finney's, Moody's, and Sunday's day. Let us not use something new, but rather what has already been proven. The KJB. The Old Time Hymns. Soul Winning. Holy Living. Spirit Filled Lives.