81835 A Crumbling Leader Judges 8 He Idolized Success 2227 Lesson Human wisdom exercised apart from Divine direction will end in trouble and sorrow as it leads one further away from God ID: 643276
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Slide1
Gideon the fallen
Judges
8:18-35Slide2
A Crumbling Leader (Judges 8)He Idolized Success
(22-27)
Lesson
:
Human wisdom exercised apart from Divine
direction will
end in trouble and sorrow, as it leads one further away from God.Slide3
A Crumbling Leader (Judges 8)He Idolized Success (22-27)
He Let His Faith Become a Sham
(28-35)
Lesson
:
Our private life must match our public profession (confession). Slide4
Strengthen a Crumbling FaithRelive the Humble Times --- Often (1 Sam 15:17; 1 Cor 10:11-14)
Take your eyes off
success & keep
them on the unfailing example ---
Christ
(Gen 14:22-23; Micah 6:6-8).Slide5
How will you finish the race?2 Timothy 4:7-8
–
I have fought
the good fight,
I have finished
the course,
I have kept
the faith; 8 in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing. Slide6
Lessons from Gideon1 Cor 10:12 –
Therefore
let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall
.
1
Cor 1:31 –
so that, just as it is written,
“
LET
HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD
.”