People doing what is right in their own eyes does not stop God from doing what is right in His eyes.

The Levite divides the tribes to cover his sin. Christ was divided that we might be united.

When we look in dependence upon the Lord for deliverance out of humility and sorrow, we find that there is no story so grotesque that God can not redeem in Christ.

In the same way that God shows His love for Israel in that while they were slaves, He delivered them, God shows His love for the whole world in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

People doing what is right in their own eyes is visible in man-made, man-centered

religions.

Samson’s victory through death points us to a greater hero who destroys the enemy

through His death and is resurrected victoriously over it.

The first thing God does to deliver His people is to create conflict with their idols with which they’ve grown comfortable and apathetic because God loves His people too much to allow them to remain comfortable with false hopes.

God has a plan for the redemption of His people from the tyranny of the enemy and is working in the midst of their cultural enmeshment to call them out and deliver them for His good purpose.

The Gospel fundamentally transforms how we relate to each other: with radical others-centeredness.