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In this episode, we unpack the first week of our Sermon on the Mount sermon series.

The blessed life…everyone wants it and there are countless opinions on how to get it. But Jesus begins the most significant sermon ever given by clearly establishing where the blessed life comes from. These are not isolated statements made by Jesus but the roadmap to the blessed life through Him by a surrendered life to the Gospel. If you keep searching for the blessed life in the opinions, you will miss out on the blessed life you are created for.

Disobedience is a powerful thing that we constantly underestimate. For some inexplicable reason, we never assume that small disobedience today will lead to bigger problems tomorrow. But, as we see with Israel during the time of the Judges, little disobediences often ultimately lead to destruction. It's the natural consequence of doing whatever seems right in our own eyes...and there is only one way home.

In today’s episode, we wrap up our discussion on the book of Judges.

Without an absolute standard of authority - morality will always be a moving target. And the reason is simple - because when there is nobody "over" me...then I'm the one who gets to decide what's right for me - and nobody gets to tell me that what I think is right is really wrong! So in a world where everyone "does whatever seems right in their own eyes" there will never be agreement on what is good, moral and right...and we will always end up making corrupt decisions rather than godly ones.

It's a simple truth that we teach our kids - there is a difference between being sorry...and being sorry that you got caught. As Christians, we know that God is so gracious and that he forgives us freely when we make mistakes. Unfortunately, too many of us have gotten in the habit of abusing God's grace by asking for forgiveness with no real intention to repent - which only causes the cycle of sin to repeat. But what frees us from the cycle of sin is real, godly sorrow...that brings repentance.

In this episode, we take a closer look at a few of the judges that God raised up to deliver Israel.

Every single one of us struggles with sin. There are areas of our lives where we know what God requires...but we decide to go our own way anyway. And of course, instead of making us happy - things begin to get worse and eventually the choices or things that we swore would make us happy leave us miserable.

And honestly - it's what we deserve...but a loving, gracious God never stops working to bring us back to him. It's a pattern we see repeated throughout the book of Judges...and in our own lives.

We push pause on our Judges series today to remember God's faithfulness.

In this episode, we lay the foundation for the book of Judges and look ahead at the sermon series. ApologetiX “Welcome to the Judges” parody.