Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Title: Judges: Chap 2: The obviousness of the blessing and the curse.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jdg 2:11 Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals,

Jdg 2:12 and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the Lord to anger.

Their apostasy is more minutely described as forsaking Jehovah, the God of their fathers. They actually prostrated themselves before the false gods and this provoked anger in Jehovah.

The phrase "who brought them out of the land of Egypt" is used again, and it will...

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Title: Judges: Chap 2:

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jdg 2:11 Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baals,

Baal was the chief male deity of the Canaanites and all the nations of the Middle East. He was the storm god who brought rain for crops as well as intense storms for his anger.

Baal is one of seventy children of El and Asherah, not to be confused with Ashtaroth who is another of their children and the female counterpart to Baal. Baal brought the rains and so he brought life, making him also a god of fertility.

When people worshipped Baal, Satan saw them as worshipping him.

Jdg 2:12 and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had...

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Title: Judges: Chap 2: God's righteousness is the only standard for His people. He gives it by grace and we walk in it by faith.

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Righteousness is non-negotiable. God enables us to clearly understand what it is and then demands it from us. Yet God provides it in Christ and through Him do we have it and walk in it.

Only through faith in Christ do we become righteous, and only through the power of Christ by means of faith in the Holy Spirit and in the truth can we walk in righteousness.

We do not work for righteousness. We have it in faith and we walk in it through faith. We have faith in what God tells us that we are. We face our enemies by faith. Our position is secure and God is faithful to that position just as He is faithful to His covenant with...

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Christmas Special: How did the Wise Men know? Mat 2:1-12; Dan 2:48; Num 24:17.

Mat 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

Mat 2:2 "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east, and have come to worship Him."

Mat 2:3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Mat 2:4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he began to inquire of them where the Christ was to be born.

Mat 2:5 And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet [Mic 5:2],

Mat 2:6 'And you, Bethlehem,...

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Title: Judges: Chap 2: God's righteousness is the only standard for His people. He gives it by grace and we walk in it by faith.

If you would like to see and be able to pronounce some of the names of God in the Hebrew, go to:

http: www.hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/YHVH/yhvh.html

God exalts His own name and the many names that He uses enrich our understanding of Him and place awe in our hearts as to how multifaceted He is. When you speak of Him or when you pray to Him you may use any of these names and I personally think it is an enriching part of our relationship with Him to use these names while understanding them. You can choose one at a time and master it. Or you can pray to the God of healing when in search of it or the God who delivers when in search of it. These names are given...

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Title: Judges: Chap 2: The doctrine of the Angel of the Lord.

Announcementsopening prayer:

Jdg 2:1 Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim [weeping]. And he said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,

Gilgal is mentioned to emphasize the changes that have occurred from the time of the last appearance of the Angel of the Lord until now.

Jos 5:13-14

"Are you for us or for our adversaries?" And he said, "No, rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord."

Wrong question. God does not play favorites. He always does what is perfect Justice, Righteousness, and Love.

We so often ask the wrong questions because...

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Title: Judges: Chap 2: The Angel of the Lord brings weeping to Israel.

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At some point in the history after the initial failures by the tribes of Israel in chap 1, the Angel of the Lord appears to announce to them their punishment for not following the commands.

Jdg 2:1 Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you,

The angel of the Lord therefore appeared at Bochim, and declared to the Israelites, that because they had not obeyed the command of the Lord, to make no covenant with the Canaanites, the Lord would no more drive out these nations, but would cause them and their gods to become a...

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Title: Judges: Chap 1, part 3: Compromising commands is the same as not fulfilling them.

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Benjamin is unable to drive the Jebusites out of Jerusalem.

Jdg 1:21 But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

Since Jerusalem was in Benjamin it makes sense that Judah did not take it for themselves, however, Judah greatly helped their brother by sacking the city and burning it. It was up to Benjamin to permanently take it, but due to their weakness of faith they did not. The Jebusites possessed a formidable stronghold on Mt. Zion and when they retreated there the Benjamites couldn't find the strength to evict them. This would have wait until David, in which his...

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Title: Judges: Chap 1, part 2: Judah takes the south and helps her brothers, but is unable to take the plains. Failure is lack of faith.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Judah takes the south and west but is unable to exterminate the Canaanites in the plain.

Jdg 1:1 Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?"

Jdg 1:2 And the Lord said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

Since Judah conquered Jerusalem we discover that they are taking the lead for their neighbor tribes in fighting to clear out their allotment, since Jerusalem was in the territory of Benjamin. They are not taking command of the...

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Title: Judges: Book outline. Chap 1: Judah takes the south and helps her brothers, but is unable to take the plains. Failure is lack of faith.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Structure of the book:

1. Prelude: 1:1-3:6. It is a summary record of the incomplete conquest of the land.

Initially Judah will fight the Canaanites on behalf of all the people who seem to afraid to fight, however, they will not be strong enough to remove Canaanites from the valleys and this will become a problem. The valleys are more fertile and easier to cultivate while the mountainous regions where Israel is settled is more difficult. The Canaanites in the valleys, stronger than Israel due to their chariots, but only because Israel becomes without faith, will claim that Baal is stronger than Jehovah because they possess the valleys while Israel had the...

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