Judges 78 Do you want to overcome an addictive sin love someone who seems unlovable respond to pain with peace and joy introduce a friend or family member to Jesus make a lasting impact in this world for Christ ID: 420766
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Leave a Legacy of Faith
Judges 7-8Slide2
Do you want to…
overcome an addictive sin?love someone who seems unlovable?respond to pain with peace and joy?introduce a friend or family member to Jesus?make a lasting impact in this world for Christ?
Great Victories require Great FaithSlide3
JudgesSlide4
TEST #1: Defeat an Undefeatable Enemy
An impossible task (7:1-9)Gracious encouragement (7:10-14)Choice: will trust God (7:15-18)Result: stunning victory (7:22-25)Faith can overcome impossible odds!Slide5
TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours”
A tempting offer (8:22)Deuteronomy 17:14-15
When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” be sure to appoint over you
the king the Lord your God chooses
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TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours”
A tempting offer (8:22)Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30)Collects a king’s fortune (v26)Dresses like a king (v26)Builds a harem fit for a king (v30)Slide7
TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours”
A tempting offer (8:22)Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30)Deuteronomy 17:17
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must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. Slide8
TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours”
A tempting offer (8:22)Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30)Collects a king’s fortune (v26)Dresses like a king (v26)Builds a harem fit for a king (v30)
Solidifies power with an idol (v27)
Names his son, “My Father is King”!! (v31)Slide9
TEST #2: Resist Temptation to “Get Yours”
A tempting offer (8:22)Choice: will NOT trust God (8:23-30)Result: a legacy of sin and sufferinghis nation relapses into idolatry (8:33-34)his family self-destructs (9:5,52-53)
We are building our legacies every day,
either legacies of faith, or legacies of sinSlide10
Our legacies are determined by the small choices we make each day.
Are you building a legacy of faith or a legacy of sin?Slide11
Our legacies are determined by the small choices we make each day.
Are you building a legacy of faith or a legacy of sin?Slide12