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Slide1
Israel: the crumbling
Judges
8:1-21Slide2
Gideon: “Success can make you mess”Judges 6 – God’s promise…, God’s command…, Gideon’s
request
for a
sign.
Judges 7
–
Gideon’s
fear…, God’s reassurance…, Gideon’s faith to fight. VICTORY!Slide3
Israel: a crumbling nationPride/divisive criticism (8:1-3)
1
Cor 3:1-4; Jas
3:13-18
Fear/passive
inactivity
(8:4-21
)
Matt 12:30-37Slide4
LessonsPride or the desire for status or recognition,
Criticism
of
others
efforts,
Fear
of the opponent of truth,
Inactivity
will
destroy the
unity
necessary to carry out the Lord’s purposes
by
His church.Slide5
LessonsDon’t be disillusioned by any member of the Lord’s church; in fact, be prepared to overcome disappointment.Slide6
LessonsBe not prideful, critical, fearful and inactive, … or seeking things that disturb unity
and
saps
energy away from the Lord’s work.Slide7
Gideon: the fearful
, the
fighter
,
the
fallen
Judges
8:22-35