In part II of Gideon's story, we see a great victory won by God through Gideon against impossible odds. We can be certain God speaks in ways we can understand, and saves us by grace as we walk in faith.

One man who was called, who repented, worshipped, obeyed, and was used mightily by God. The message focuses on 3 Gospel phrases that saturate the Bible from Genesis to Jesus. And it reminds us that God is calling each of us to be that one.

This story is a powerful example of God's power being perfected in weakness. This story contains powerful truths about God and about how he works in us as we fight our battles.

When we settle we’ll always find distractions ore excuses, but when we hold the promises of God before us and make our hearts available to him, God will always use what we have.

God will not compete with our idols, and idols can never compete with God. Our only hope is to forsake our idols for the one true God, by worshiping and serving Jesus, the one true hero.

This weekend we are reminded that the faith that God blesses is whole-hearted and courageous. God fights for us, will we fight for God?

This story illustrates how God repays sin, evil and wickedness. Our 21st century sensibilities are shocked at what’s done to the Canaanite King, but surprisingly Adoni-Bezek is not. The evil King understands that God has repaid his sin and that he deserves the judgment. This tension between God always repaying sin and evil, and the fact that he fights for sinful people - is relieved by God’s love, grace and faithfulness. It also points to the Gospel and Jesus, who fought for sinful people all the way to the cross. Those that who aren’t God’s people through Christ will be repaid.

In the series text (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) there is a reference to the domino process by which we see people come to Christ. We see God using multiple people to draw the lost to Jesus. It is vital to the mission of the church and to our personal discipleship journey that we serve as dominos.

The Tabernacle is a grace church. We love to say that we are “cracked pots”, because we hold the treasure of God’s grace in jars of clay (2 Corinthians 4:7). Scripture reminds us that our imperfection actually accentuates God’s perfection, and the free gift of grace has dramatic implications for how we should live our lives in connection with Jesus’ church.

Our church focuses on the Big Rocks of the faith that unite, and not the minor points of doctrine that divide. These so-called Big Rocks are clearly outlined in Scripture which is our guide. Scripture also tells us that Jesus is of "first importance". Jesus is the biggest rock, the cornerstone of the faith. Therefore, it is important for us to know Jesus and get connected with Jesus.