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The first half of this lesson we talk about what happens when the Holy Spirit comes over Samson. The last half is what happens when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell with us.

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War from within, Diversity is our strength, unity and division, All are needed

Read "How to Make Diversity Our Strength: Unify Instead of Divide"

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Making Thoughtless and Stupid Promises

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Jephthah was the son of a prostitute and his brothers sent him away so he could not share in their inheritance. But when they needed someone to help them fight the Ammonites, they called him back to help them. Jephthah reluctantly agrees when they promise to make him their new judge if he brings them victory.

In this episode before the battle, Jephthah gives the Ammonite king a history lesson over their journey into the Promised Land and how they came to acquire the land. Then we talk about not calling on our friends or on God only when we need them.

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A refuge is the person or place that we run to when we need protection, comfort, advice, or help. Though God is the only adequate refuge, because we cannot see Him or hear His voice audibly, we often go to the people and places we can see and talk to. Then, a king is the one that we cede all our power to, the one we trust with our lives, the one we submit to. God alone is worthy of such power or faith.

But the people of Shechem repeatedly took refuge in their houses of Baal, yet their god was not able to protect them. Their worship of foreign gods along with their desire to make a man betrayed their loyalty and reliance on the One True God and King. We may not worship other gods or turn to them for refuge, but do we look to the Lord and bow to only Him or do we rely on ourselves and others while placing other things above Him?

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After Gideon rescues the people from the Midianites, they want him to be their king. He says all the right things, giving God credit for their victory and saying that He should be the only king they serve, but then he goes on to act like a king. So, did his title really matter?

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Gideon was the fifth judge for Israel and when the angel of the Lord came to him he looked like an ordinary man, so there was no way to know whether he was a messenger from God or had evil intentions and was trying to mislead Gideon. The messenger could have been disguising himself as a man of God but instead was a man of deception. So, Gideon tested the spirit to see if it was from God or not. We too must test the spirits.

So, first we will learn about God calling Gideon and then how and when we should test the spirits.

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