We Need A Better Savior

We Need A Better Savior

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABSENT ONE

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABSENT ONEJudges 19-21We Need A Better Savior – Part 16 Hosea 9.9 “They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah …”  21.25 “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (esv) GOD’S KING IS A … TEACHER WHO Limits Man’s Depravity Jeremiah 17.9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick …”  Matthew 7.28–29 “… the crowds were astonished at his…

SAMSON: A MIRROR OF REDEMPTION

SAMSON: A MIRROR OF REDEMPTIONJudges 16We Need A Better Savior – Part 14 James 1.22–24 “… if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror … and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.” (esv) OUR HEARTS ARE MADE WISE AS WE REALIZE … Privilege CAN LEAD TO Presumption v. 3 “… he got up and took hold of…

SAMSON: RAISING THE PRICE OF COMPROMISE

SAMSON: RAISING THE PRICE OF COMPROMISEJudges 15We Need A Better Savior – Part 13 v. 4 “His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD …” (esv) TO CREATE CULTURAL SEPARATION GOD WILL … MAKE US Uncomfortable v. 11b “I merely did to them what they did to me.” (niv)      v. 11a “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us?” (niv) James 4.4 “Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the…

SAMSON: A SINFUL SAVIOR

SAMSON: A SINFUL SAVIORJudges 14We Need A Better Savior – Part 12 OUR APPROACH TO RIGHT & WRONG MUST BE … Guided By God’s Definition OF SIN  v. 3 “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.” (esv) Judges 21.25 “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (esv) Judges 13.1 “… the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD …” (niv) Proverbs 14.12 “There is a way that seems right to a man,…

SAMSON: CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY

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 RIVER

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 RULER

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…

GIDEON: GENERATIONAL AFTERMATH OF VICTORY

GIDEON: GENERATIONAL AFTERMATH OF VICTORYJudges 7.26 – 10.2We Need A Better Savior – Part 8 7.23–24 “… the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian. Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, ‘Come down against the Midianites …’” (esv)   VICTORY WASTED: Prosperity IS MORE REVEALING THAN Adversity  Proverbs 27.21 “… man is tested by the praise he receives.” (niv) Ephraim – 8.1…

GIDEON: WHAT WE WANT THE WORLD TO SEE

GIDEON: WHAT WE WANT THE WORLD TO SEEJudges 6.33-7.25We Need A Better Savior – Part 7 WHAT DO WE HOPE TO SHOW THE WORLD? A Trust THAT SHOWS GOD IS Reliable   v. 37 “… then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.” (esv) Acts 1.11 “This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (esv)   A…

GIDEON: GETTING READY FOR CHANGE

GIDEON: GETTING READY FOR CHANGEJudges 6.1-32We Need A Better Savior – Part 6 vv. 3–4 “… whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites … would come up against them … and devour the produce of the land …” (esv) WHEN CHANGE IS NECESSARY IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE …  MOVE BEYOND IU Feeling Sorry ABOUT Sin vv. 7–8 “When the people of Israel cried out … the LORD sent a prophet …” (esv) 2 Corinthians 7.10 “Godly sorrow brings repentance that…

DEBORAH & BARAK: A VICTORY DUET

DEBORAH & BARAK: A VICTORY DUETJudges 4-5We Need A Better Savior – Part 5 v. 14 “… the LORD has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the LORD go out before you?” (esv) v. 15 “… the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak …” (esv) vv. 4–5 “O LORD, when you went out … the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water. The mountains quaked before the LORD ……

EHUD: HOPE FROM UNEXPECTED PLACES

EHUD: HOPE FROM UNEXPECTED PLACESJudges 3.12-30We Need A Better Savior – Part 4 Judges 3.1–2 “Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel … to teach war to those who had not known it before.” (esv) Romans 5.2–3 “… we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God … we also rejoice in our sufferings …” (niv) WHAT HOPE STRENGTHENS US DURING ADVERSITY? HOPE #1: GOD WILL Take Down His Enemies Psalm 2.2–4 “The kings…
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