Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Title: Judges: Book outline.

Announcements / opening prayer:

The history described in the book of Judges shows the progressively chaotic state of the national life of Israel. Moreover, it makes a contrast between the political organization of Israel and its pagan neighbors. Israel was organized on the basis of tribes that descended from Jacob. These tribes held together by loyalty to the covenant tradition given at Sinai as well as the existence of a central tabernacle at Shiloh. Israel was a loose confederation without a central government.

Only with Israel could such a system work, where there would be freedom with chaos. This is because they are a theocracy. God is their King and their unity is not found in a central government or central leader, but in the knowledge of the promises and the Mosaic Law. However, their apostasy would make it...

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Title: Judges: Book outline.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Psa 5:1 For the choir director; for flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.

Psa 5:1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my groaning.

Psa 5:2 Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to Thee do I pray.

Psa 5:3 In the morning, O Lord, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch.

Psa 5:4 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee.

Psa 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity.

Psa 5:6 Thou dost destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's renewal of the covenant at Shechem before his death. Jos 24.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Psa 4:1 For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Psa 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

Thou hast relieved me in my distress;

Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Psa 4:2 O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception?

Selah.

Psa 4:3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; The Lord hears when I call to Him.

Psa 4:4 Tremble, and do not sin;

Meditate in your heart upon your...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's renewal of the covenant at Shechem before his death. Jos 24.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Psa 3:1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

O Lord, how my adversaries have increased!

Many are rising up against me.

Psa 3:2 Many are saying of my soul,

"There is no deliverance for him in God."

Selah.

Psa 3:3 But Thou, O Lord, art a shield about me,

My glory, and the One who lifts my head.

Psa 3:4 I was crying to the Lord with my voice,

And He answered me from His holy mountain.

Selah.

Psa 3:5 I lay down...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's renewal of the covenant at Shechem before his death. Jos 24.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Psa 2:1 Why are the nations in an uproar,

And the peoples devising a vain thing?

Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth take their stand,

And the rulers take counsel together

Against the Lord and against His

Anointed:

Psa 2:3 "Let us tear their fetters apart,

And cast away their cords from us!"

Psa 2:4 He who sits in the heavens laughs,

The Lord scoffs at them.

Psa 2:5 Then He will speak to them in His anger

And terrify them in His fury:...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's renewal of the covenant at Shechem before his death. Jos 24.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Psa 1:1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

Psa 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

Psa 1:3 And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season,

And its leaf does not wither;

And in whatever he does, he prospers.

Psa 1:4 The wicked are not so,

But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Psa 1:5 Therefore...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's renewal of the covenant at Shechem before his death. Jos 24.

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Jos 24:1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Jos 24:2 And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

Jos 24:3 'Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River [Euphrates], and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

Jos 24:4 'And to...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's farewell. A reminder of all that the Lord has done. Jos 23.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Before getting to Joshua, a brief look at Psa 100 in honor of Thanksgiving.

Psa 100:1 A Psalm for Thanksgiving.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.

Psa 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness;

Come before Him with joyful singing.

Psa 100:3 Know that the Lord Himself is God;

It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;

We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

We find the contrast in Pharaoh who represents all the arrogant:

Eze 29:3

'Thus says...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's farewell. A reminder of all that the Lord has done. Jos 23.

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[Alfred Edersheim; Sketches of Jewish Social Life]

Eighteen and a half centuries ago, and the land which now lies desolate-its bare, grey hills looking into ill-tilled or neglected valleys, its timber cut down, its olive- and vine-clad terraces crumbled into dust, its villages stricken with poverty and squalor, its thoroughfares insecure and deserted, its native population well-nigh gone, and with them its industry, wealth, and strength-presented a scene of beauty, richness, and busy life almost unsurpassed in the then known world.

Palestine combined every variety of climate, from the snows of Hermon and the cool of Lebanon to the genial warmth of the Lake of Galilee and the tropical heat of the...

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Title: Joshua and Judges: Joshua's farewell. A reminder of all that the Lord has done. Jos 23.

Announcements / opening prayer:

Jos 23-24; Joshua's farewell and death.

After all this time spent studying this great man's life, I am inclined to repeat his farewell from the beginning. It may be a long time before I revisit him, and I really look forward to the day that I will meet him and ask him about his experiences.

Jos 23:1 Now it came about after many days, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years,

Jos 23:2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, "I am old, advanced in...

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