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Finish The Job Series
Contributed by Mark Pritchard on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: An exposition of Judges 1:1-2:5. The story of Israel's incomplete obedience and the disaster it brings.
Finish the Job
In a lot of ways, this first chapter should come as a stark warning to us in the modern age with all its distractions, broken morals, and receding values. If we’re not careful and if we’re not diligent, Israel’s lot will be ours today. God did not abandon his children but he let his children have what they wanted. And in turning his children over to sin, they desired more and more. So much more that eventually, Israel ceased to look like Israel and resembled the Canaanites they were tasked to eliminate.
So, Christians, finish the job.
Do not give quarter to sin in your life. Do not allow attitudes to go unchecked. Do not allow sin to go addressed or unrepented. The Lord’s promise is the same as it always has been your obedience is blessed with more fruits of the spirit and more of the presence of God himself and your disobedience (incomplete or otherwise) will bring about the discipline of God in your life.
Obey and be blessed. Sin and be disciplined.