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Series: The Book Of Judges
Sun am 8 November 2015 – Justus Swart
Judges 7:1-24; Judges 8:1-9; 15-22; (Prov. 15:1); (Matt. 8:4)
We are still looking into the book of Judges. It is incredible how something that happened over three thousand years ago is still relevant to us today. We started with Gideon’s story. He was one of the Judges in the time when the Israelites were coming into the land of promise. Gideon had a little bit of trouble accepting his mandate in the beginning when God spoke to him.
God gave Gideon direct instruction to go in and destroy the idols, the Baal altars in his family’s village. He was afraid when he had to do that. Sometimes we also have to learn that God is talking to us but sometimes we do not like what He is saying. (more…)
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Series: The Book of Judges
Sun am 1 November 2015 – Justus Swart
Judges 6:11-31, 34-40; Luke 11:28-29; 1 Cor. 1:22-23;
James 1:22
Even though God reveals himself to someone, they may still chose to go through life without Him, but God will always get your attention one way or another. God hears and responds to the cries of Israel and He does so by reaching out to Gideon (Judges 6:11-25). Gideon does not have much confidence in himself. Even though God says, “Mighty warrior!” he still says, “But sir …” This response is typical from us when we hear God speaking to us. We can all relate to Gideon’s honesty because he had a good question which many of us ask from time to time, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?” (Judges 6:13). Gideon takes the facts and appeals to God. God replies with almost the same question back to Gideon. God sees that everything is a mess, but says “am I not sending you?” (Judges 6:14). God arrives on the scene to commission Gideon to make a difference. (more…)
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Series: The Book of Judges
Sun 27th September 2015 – Justus Swart
Judges 1:1-6, 8-10, 17-36; Josh. 23:3-12; (Josh. 1:9);
Judges 2:10-23; Eph. 6:12; Matt. 6:33-34; Luke 21:34;
Prov. 12:25; Phil. 4:6; Rev. 3:15; (Luke 12:31)
The book of Judges is a book that’s not heavy with doctrine or theory but has a wealth of interesting characters. You get the romance and betrayal with Sampson and Delilah, the weak overcoming the strong with Gideon. It is a book about people who do not always know what to do, and don’t always have the answers. These people simply live their lives and somehow find redemption by continuously coming back to God.
The book of Joshua starts with ‘after the death of Moses’ (Josh. 1:1). This is a huge transition from being under the leadership of Moses to being under the leadership of Joshua, and being able to cross over into the promise land. (more…)