SAMSON: CHRISTMAS COMES EARLYJudges 13We Need A Better Savior – Part 11 v. 5 “…you shall conceive and bear a son … and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” (esv) ULTIMATELY, WE ARE SAVED BECAUSE … GOD Wants It More Than We DO v. 1 “… Israel again did what was evil …” (esv) 1 John 4.10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son…
REACHING ACROSS THE RIVERJudges 12We Need A Better Savior – Part 10 Conflict Come From Too Much Concern For … Tribal Identity Egotistical Glory v. 1 “… you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites but didn’t call us to go with you?” (csb) v. 3 “… I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand …” (esv) THE NEED? DIVINE Identity THAT RESISTS Disunity 1 Corinthians 10.16–17 “The cup of blessing that we…
JEPHTHAH: FROM REJECTED TO RULERJudges 10.17-11.40We Need A Better Savior – Part 9 v. 18 “… the man who will begin to fight … He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.” (esv) SCENE #1: Mobster NEGOTIATING FOR Legitimacy v. 3 “… [he] settled in the land of Tob, where a gang of scoundrels gathered around him …” (niv) SCENE #2: Diplomat NEGOTIATING FOR His Country v. 21 “So Israel took possession of all the land of the…
