Main Point. The God we forget is also the God who faithfully delivers us.

Driving Question. What happens when God is forgotten? (3 lessons from this text):

Drifting from Truth – (vv. 6–10).

Devotion to Counterfeits – (vv. 11–15).

Delivered by God – (vv. 16–19).

1. Drifting from Truth (6–10)

"All it takes is one generation to forget the gospel, and we are always one generation away from losing it". D.A. Carson

Apply:

Love God and prioritize Christ and the Gospel.

Be diligent to teach your children the goodness and glory of God.

2. Devotion to Counterfeits (11–15)

What do you trust in and treasure more than God?

3. Delivered by God (16–19)

Interpretive key for the book of Judges:

Idolatry

Judgment and bondage to a foreign enemy

Cries out to the Lord

Salvation: through a Judge (12 judges in the book)

Judge dies, people return to idolatry

God’s evaluation (20–3:6)

Application.

Sometimes God doesn’t remove trials immediately, because they reveal what we really love.

Takeaways.

Pluralism is a great evil in God’s sight.

God disciplines his people who compromise.

Build your family on the word of God and the One who saves.