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Book Of Judges
Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 28, 2025 (message contributor)
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1. The God Of Mercy In The Days Of The Judges
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
The Book of Judges reveals the cycles of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance, showing God’s enduring mercy despite Israel’s repeated failures.
THE GOD OF MERCY IN THE DAYS OF THE JUDGES By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 2:16-19 Key Verse: “Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.” – Judges 2:16 Supporting Texts: Judges 21:25; Psalm 106:43-45; Hebrews ...read more
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2. The Incomplete Obedience Of Israel
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
Partial obedience always leads to future bondage, but complete obedience guarantees lasting victory.
THE INCOMPLETE OBEDIENCE OF ISRAEL By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 1 Judges 1:1-2 (KJV) “Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the LORD said, ...read more
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3. The Danger Of Forgetting God
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
Failing to pass faith to the next generation leads to spiritual decline and bondage.
THE DANGER OF FORGETTING GOD By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 2 Key verse: Judges 2:10 (KJV) “And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for ...read more
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4. God Uses Weak Things
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
God can use anyone, with anything, as long as they are available and yielded to Him.
GOD USES WEAK THINGS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 3 Judges 3:15, 31 (KJV) “But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the ...read more
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5. Women In God’s Plan
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
God can raise women as vessels of deliverance, wisdom, and courage for His people.
WOMEN IN GOD’S PLAN By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 4 Judges 4:4-9, 21 (KJV) “And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her ...read more
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6. The Power Of Praise And Prophetic Songs
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
Songs of victory and prophetic praise stir faith, encourage the faithful, and remind us of God’s enduring faithfulness.
THE POWER OF PRAISE AND PROPHETIC SONGS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 5 Judges 5:1-3 (KJV) “Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye ...read more
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7. God Uses The Least To Do The Greatest
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
God often chooses those who seem least significant by human standards to accomplish His greatest purposes.
GOD USES THE LEAST TO DO THE GREATEST By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 6 Judges 6:11-16 (KJV) “And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the ...read more
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8. God’s Power Works In Our Weakness
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
God intentionally works through our weakness so that the glory of victory belongs to Him alone.
GOD’S POWER WORKS IN OUR WEAKNESS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 7 Judges 7:7 (KJV) “And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.” Supporting ...read more
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9. The Dangers Of Success
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
Success without humility and vigilance can easily become a trap that leads to downfall.
THE DANGERS OF SUCCESS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 8 Judges 8:22–27 (KJV) 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule ...read more
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10. The Danger Of Ungodly Leadership
Contributed on Aug 28, 2025
Leadership built on pride, selfish ambition, and violence will always end in disgrace and destruction.
THE DANGER OF UNGODLY LEADERSHIP By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 9 Judges 9:1–6, 50–55 (KJV) 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, ...read more
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11. Idolatry Brings Misery
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Idolatry always brings oppression, sorrow, and bondage, but true repentance brings restoration and deliverance.
IDOLATRY BRINGS MISERY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 10 Judges 10:6 – “And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and ...read more
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12. Vows And Wisdom
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Words are powerful; rash vows bring regret, but wise speech brings life, peace, and blessing.
VOWS AND WISDOM By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 11 Judges 11:30-31 “And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I ...read more
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13. Strife Among Brethren
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Strife among brethren causes more destruction than external enemies and weakens the testimony of God’s people.
STRIFE AMONG BRETHREN3 By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 12 Judges 12:4–6 – “Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the ...read more
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14. God Raises Deliverers From Birth
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Samson’s birth was not ordinary; it was the fulfilment of a divine plan. Long before Samson ever lifted his hand in battle, God had already marked his life for a mission.
GOD RAISES DELIVERERS FROM BIRTH By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 13:1-25 Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139:13-16, Galatians 1:15, Isaiah 49:1, Luke 1:13+17 INTRODUCTION: The book of Judges records a cycle of Israel’s repeated sin, oppression, repentance, and God’s deliverance. ...read more
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15. Samson’s Compromise
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Samson’s compromise in marrying a Philistine woman against God’s will highlights the dangers of wrong associations. As believers, we must guard our choices and relationships, for they have the power to shape or derail our destinies.
SAMSON’S COMPROMISE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 14:1-3 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 13:20, 2 Corinthians 6:14, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Amos 3:3, Psalm 1:1-3 INTRODUCTION: Samson was a man anointed from birth, set apart as a Nazarite, destined to begin the deliverance of Israel from the ...read more
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16. God Uses The Weak Things Again
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
The story of Samson reminds us that God does not need mighty weapons or sophisticated strategies to secure victory for His people.
GOD USES THE WEAK THINGS AGAIN By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 15 Judges 15:15 – “And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.” Supporting Texts: 1 Corinthians 1:27, Zechariah 4:6, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 1 Samuel 17:40, ...read more
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17. The Danger Of Playing With Sin The
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Sin is dangerous and destructive. To play with it is to endanger one’s destiny, peace, and eternity.
THE DANGER OF PLAYING WITH SIN By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 16:18-21 Supporting Texts: Romans 6:23, James 1:14-15, Proverbs 6:27-28, Galatians 6:7-8, 1 Peter 5:8 INTRODUCTION: Sin is a deadly poison that often presents itself as harmless pleasure. The story of Samson reminds us that ...read more
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18. Religion Without Relationship
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
Without God’s Word, people create their own religion.
RELIGION WITHOUT RELATIONSHIP By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 17 Key Verse: Judges 17:5–6 –“And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that ...read more
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19. When A Tribe Goes Astray
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
A whole tribe can be led astray when leadership is corrupted.
WHEN A TRIBE GOES ASTRAY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 18 The tribe of Dan stole idols and set up their own shrine (Judges 18:30–31). INTRODUCTION: The story of the tribe of Dan in Judges 18 is a sobering reminder of how easily an entire community can be pulled away from God’s ...read more
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20. The Tragedy Of Lawlessness
Contributed on Aug 29, 2025
When there is no regard for God’s law and everyone does what is right in their own eyes, lawlessness, violence, and evil take over.
THE TRAGEDY OF LAWLESSNESS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 19 Key Verses: Judges 19:2530 Lesson: When everyone does what is right in their own eyes, evil abounds. INTRODUCTION: Judges 19 paints one of the darkest pictures in the history of Israel. In a time when there was no king in ...read more
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21. The Cost Of Civil War
Contributed on Aug 30, 2025
Civil war among God’s people always comes at a terrible cost. Even when the cause seems justified, division within the household of faith leads to destruction, grief, and the weakening of God’s people before their enemies. Unity brings victory, but internal strife brings devastation.
THE COST OF CIVIL WAR By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 20 Key Verses: Judges 20:18–21 "And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord ...read more
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22. Misguided Solutions
Contributed on Aug 30, 2025
Human solutions without God’s direction can create more problems.
MISGUIDED SOLUTIONS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Judges 21:1-23 INTRODUCTION: The account in Judges 21 reveals a tragic episode in the history of Israel. After the civil war against the tribe of Benjamin, the nation faced the painful reality that one of their tribes was almost extinct. In ...read more