What's in A stone?

In the O.T. story of David and Goliath there have been many commentaries written giving reason for such provocative questions like; “How did that stone hit Goliath in his forehead when he had a bronze helmet on” and “why did David pick up 5 stones when he knew God was with him and it would only take A stone?” I suppose you could debate all day and still come up not knowing the answers but then God did say there were things that only He knows and are mysteries to us.

But, what of this ONE stone? It was obviously a divinely directed weapon that had a divine purpose and the results of the stone’s purpose were plain to see on both sides of the battle. I would like to take a minute and do a comparison of the Goliath of the O.T. who was taunting the armies of the Living God, and the goliath’s of today who are doing the same taunting (The Purpose-Driven Paradigm, The Emergent Church, Joel Osteen Ministries, Etc.) I am not naïve enough to think that the Goliath’s of today are just going to roll over and die when hit by A stone, as I am convinced that God is using these Goliaths for His purposes to bring about His goals for His true Body. But I am convinced that there are David’s (watchmen & watchwomen) within today’s church structure who will sling A divine stone for the purpose of rescuing “some” out of the “uncircumcised Philistine” movements of today’s apostate church.

I consider this ONE stone to be the stone of TRUTH. God’s Word teaches much about this stone;
Matthew 21:42-44 Jesus *said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?
"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it. "And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

Jesus adds clarity to this STONE;

John 14:6-7 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."

SO, to quickly sum this up; today’s Davids are applying the STONE of TRUTH to the foreheads of today’s Goliaths which will result in "some" seeing the Goliaths for who they really are. Once the “some” see who they really are, they will also see who the real “uncircumcised Philistine” really is (the spirit of anti-christ) and will join the Davids in their fight. There will be casualties along the way because this spirit of anti-christ will not go quietly but for the love of the brethren I don’t see any other option.

Love your brothers and sisters enough to warn them of the danger they are in by simply applying the STONE of TRUTH to the right forehead.

By the way…………this writer believes the 5 stones could represent a picture of the 5 tenets of the faith that every true believer in Jesus Christ must adhere to. The Goliaths are doing all they can to eliminate these 5 tenets and replace them with their own man-centered, worldly dictates. These 5 basic tenets are;

1. It is essential that Word of God be totally inerrant and 100% inspired by the Holy Spirit.
2. It is essential that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of a virgin.
3. It is essential that Jesus Christ, being completely sinless, offered himself as a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and in so doing reconcile sinful man with God.
4. It is essential that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession.
5. It is essential that Jesus Christ worked His miracles while on earth to demonstrate the power of God as evidence of His claim to be God.

The one question you have to ask yourself. Am I type of David or am I a type of Goliath…….you get to make that choice.