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THE TIMES OF THE JUDGES
APOSTASIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE
DO NOT FORGET THE LORD YOUR
GOD
ONE IMPORTANT LESSON WE MUST LEARN FROM THE
PAST
JUDGESM
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“RULERS” from the verb “to put right and than to rule”“DELIVERER” or
“SAVIOUR”
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GIDEON
SAMSON
DEBORAH
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GOD IS SOVEREIGNHe is in on the
THRONESIN IS
IDOLATRY An EYESORE to
God
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DEUTERONOMY 8:11
BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT
FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD
IT WAS THE
WORST OF TIMES
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S H
EA
DLIN
ES Family quarrel leaves
69 brothers dead
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Gang rape leads to victim’s death and dismemberment
Girls at party kidnapped and forced to marry strangers
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HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN TO
THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
Judges 21:25In those days there was
no king in Israel; EVERYONE DID WHAT
WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES.
FREE FOR ALL
DO YOUR OWN
THING
THE APOSTLE PAUL
HAS THIS TO SAY TO US TODAY
LEARN FROM THE PAST
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. Now these things BECAME OUR EXAMPLES, to the intent THAT WE SHOULD NOT LUST AFTER EVIL THINGS as they also lusted.
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And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND ROSE UP TO PLAY.” Nor let us COMMIT SEXUAL IMMORALITY, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us TEMPT CHRIST, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor COMPLAIN, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM AS EXAMPLES, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
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EGYPT
WILDERNESS
CANAAN
The place of BONDAGE
The place of TRAINING
The place of POSSESSION
TH
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FEAR THE LORD
SERVE HIM IN SINCERITY AND IN TRUTH
PUT AWAY THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND IN EGYPT
CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE
If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”
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“Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”And the people said to Joshua, “THE LORD OUR GOD WE WILL SERVE, AND HIS VOICE WE WILL OBEY!”
WHAT WENT WRON
G?
FO
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BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT FORGET
THE LORD YOUR GOD
Deuteronomy 8:11
JOSHUA(JEHOVAH IS SALVATION)
PROMISE TO
REALITYFrom SLAVERY to
CONQUERORIsrael POSSESS
their INHERITANCE of the PROMISED LAND
Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you
are - northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your
descendants forever. GO
D K
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IS
PR
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15
Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the
house of Israel. All came to pass. Joshua 21:45
Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given
you, as I said to Moses. Joshua 1:3
GOD ISFAITHFUL
GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD
LIE
God’s promise to give the landGod’s promise for Israel to inhabit and possess the landGod’s promise to go before them and fight for them in the land God’s faithfulness to His promises
THE PROBLEM IS WITH MAN
TH
E P
RO
BLEM
IS
WIT
H
MA
NWhen they had conquered
enough land for their immediate use,
THEY STOPPED FIGHTING
FIERY-EYED FIGHTERS BECAME WELL-FED FARMERS
SWORD AND SPEARS TURNED TO PLOUGH SHEAR AND SICKLE
• Redeemed
• Enthusiastic
• Drop out• Problems• Pastor • Delivered
Is this the
cycle of your
life?
HOW TO
KEEP YOUR
BLESSING
S?
BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DO NOT FORGET
THE LORD YOUR GOD
Deuteronomy 8:11
WH
AT IS T
HE C
OM
MA
ND
? FEAR THE LORD
SERVE HIM IN SINCERITY AND IN TRUTH
PUT AWAY THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND IN EGYPT
CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE
HOW CAN I GROW?
ORWHAT IS STOPPING
ME FROM GROWING?
ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY
THE PRICE?
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN WHICH SO EASILY ENSNARES US, and LET US RUN WITH ENDURANCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US, looking
unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2
LOOK TO JESUS
LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, AND THE SIN
WHICH SO EASILY TRAP
US
HOW TO FINISH
THE RACE WELL
?
What is this
EVERY WEIGHT
& SIN
?
The thrust is EDIFICATION,
FELLOWSHIPPING & COMMUNION
WITH GOD
That which does not build us up
That which does not make us
strongerAre WEIGHTS
ENTERTAINMENT
RECREATION, RELAX AND REST WHEN TAKEN FAR MORE THAN
NEEDED
SEEKING THE POSSESSIONS AND THINGS OF THIS WORLD
LISTENING TO MUSIC AND OTHER SOUNDS
WATCHING FILMS, VIDEO AND TV PROGRAMSH
IND
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S O
R H
AM
PER
S Y
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UN
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T F
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SPEED
But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you; don’t make me go home. Where you go, I go; and where you live, I’ll live. Your people are my people, your God is my god; where you die, I’ll die, and that’s where I’ll be buried, so help me God—not even death itself is going to come between us!”
Ruth had her heart set
on going with her (Naomi)
RUTH 1:16-18
Is there a weight
in your life you must lay aside
?
OUR CHOICES Not always between right and wrong,
but between something that may
hinder us and something
else that may not.
DO NOT FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD
THE LESSON WE MUST LEARN TODAY IS