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The Minor Judges

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Introduction
  • Hebrews 11:32-34
    • God cares about each one of us.
    • Judges 12:8-15 – Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
    • John 20:30-31; 21:25
    • Jonah 4:11
    • Genesis 1:16 – “… He made the stars also.”
    • Luke 12:6-7 – God knows the number of hairs on your head. You are valuable to Him!
    • God loves each one of us!
      • Humans repeat mistakes.
      • Judges 2:16
      • The judges may have been local leaders.
      • The time periods of the judges may have overlapped.
        • There was a lot of peace.
        • Oppression: 114 years
        • Rest: 296 years
        • Judges 3:30 – 80 years of peace. Some of the people living during this time may have known nothing other than peace!
          • The cycle of sin continued.
          • Judges 10:1-5
          • Ecclesiastes 1:4-9
          • The cycle:
            • Sin: Judges 3:7
            • Oppression: Judges 3:8
            • Cries to God: Judges 3:9
            • Judge to deliver: Judges 3:9-10
            • Period of rest and peace: Judges 3:11
            • God is a god of grace!
            • What problem can God not help with?
            • I John 4:14; 1:9
              • Strength comes through struggle.
              • Judges 2:20-3:4 – God left these nations on purpose to test the Israelites.
              • Judges 3:31 – Shamgar; more struggle, more fighting
              • II Corinthians 12:7-9 – God allowed Paul to have a thorn in the flesh to keep him humble.
              • II Timothy 3:11; 4:14-18
              • James 1:2-4
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