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Judges Were Unlikely People
Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 23, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. Introduction Lesson 1
Contributed on Apr 23, 2024
How God uses weakness for victory.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Joshua told how God used strength for victory and conquest. The book of Judges tells us how God uses weakness for victory. 2. Only two generations from heresy. “So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had ...read more
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2. Othniel: From Dominated To Domineering Lesson 2
Contributed on Apr 23, 2024
Something happens to a man when he surrenders to God.
A. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? 1. “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (21:25). a. No spiritual leadership to give godly direction. b. No one preached God’s standard. “In his own eyes.” c. When left to themselves, they turned to sin … self … satan’s ...read more
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3. Ehud: Deformity Lesson 3
Contributed on Apr 23, 2024
There is strength when a great church (a body of believers) are led by a great leader who will confront evil and give people peace.
A. THE OPPRESSOR OF ISRAEL – EGLON: JUDGES 3:12-14 1. Repeated sin. “The Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel” (3:12). a. Why would God use an evil person? As an instrument of punishment for His sinning ...read more
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4. Deborah And Jael Lesson 4
Contributed on Apr 29, 2024
Women in ministry.
A. THE OPPRESSORS: JUDGES 4:1-22; 5:1-26 1. Threat from the north. “The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord . . . sold them into the hand of the Jabin king of Canaan . . . the captain was Sisera” (4:1-2). 2. The latest in warfare scares us. “Jabin had 900 chariots of iron” ...read more
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5. Gideon: The Introvert Lesson 5
Contributed on Apr 29, 2024
Little is much when God is in it.
A. THE FOURTH CYCLE OF OPPRESSION 1. Who persecuted Israel? Midianites. “The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord . . . and He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years” (Judges 6:1). 2. Step-cousins. The Midianites were Ishmaelites. Both came from Abraham. ...read more
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6. Jephthah: Half Breed
Contributed on Apr 29, 2024
Rules for making vows/pledges.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. His mother was a social outcast. “He was the son of a harlot” (11:1). a. Social stigma – born out of wedlock. b. Racial stigma – born of a non-Jewish woman. 2. His Father was socially outstanding. “Gilead beget Jephthah” (11:1). a. Was the town of Gilead named after his ...read more
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7. Samson: Enigmatical Lesson 7
Contributed on Apr 29, 2024
Everything outside God’s will is lost time.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Why does God allow persecution? To draw us to Himself. “The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistine forty years” (13:1). 2. Forty years is wasted time. a. Not for God’s preparation. b. Everything ...read more